--- title: Which brother perished when the tower he had constructed collapsed? — Andersen, Something, part 199: the cri… · tree and pragmatics description: Which brother perished when the tower he had constructed collapsed? Exam question 1 of lesson 988 «Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's gate, and old Margaret's burning bed saves the skaters» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/988-pg27200-part199/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen, Something, part 199: the cri…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/988-pg27200-part199/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's… Which brother perished when the tower he had constructed collapsed? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, tower · **What happens:** perish, construct, collapse · **To what, where:** tower This is exam question 1 of lesson 988 «Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's gate, and old Margaret's burning bed saves the skaters» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/988-pg27200-part199/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:e1:1 # text = Which brother perished when the tower he had constructed collapsed? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 perished perish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 constructed construct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 collapsed collapse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perish** | past | which brother | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **construct** | past · perfect | brother | the tower *not said here* | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Result | | 3 | **collapse** | participle | the tower | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The youngest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:e1:o1:1 # text = The youngest 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The master builder, the architect ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:e1:o2:1 # text = The master builder, the architect 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 builder builder NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 architect architect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The fourth brother, the genius ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:e1:o3:1 # text = The fourth brother, the genius 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The eldest brother, the mason ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:e1:o4:1 # text = The eldest brother, the mason 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mason mason NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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