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title: For what purpose did the elderly woman ignite her bedding? — Andersen, Something, part 199: the cri… · tree and pragmatics
description: For what purpose did the elderly woman ignite her bedding? Exam question 2 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 of the qu
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's…

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For what purpose did the elderly woman ignite her bedding?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** elderly woman · **What happens:** ignite · **To what, where:** bedding

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:e2:1
# text = For what purpose did the elderly woman ignite her bedding?
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obl	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	ignite	ignite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	bedding	bedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignite** | past · do-support | the elderly woman | woman's bedding |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bedding=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To alert the persons upon the ice to the approaching storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:e2:o1:1
# text = To alert the persons upon the ice to the approaching storm
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	alert	alert	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	approaching	approach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alert** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | the persons |  |  | upon the ice; to the approaching storm | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient |
| 2 | **approach** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To warn the sleeping villagers of a fire in the town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:e2:o2:1
# text = To warn the sleeping villagers of a fire in the town
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  | the sleeping villagers of a fire |  | the town |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent villager=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To call the angels to the frozen lake below the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:e2:o3:1
# text = To call the angels to the frozen lake below the hill
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	below	below	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | to-infinitive |  | the angels | the frozen lake below the hill |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent angel=Topic to lake=Recipient |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To attract the attention of the angel waiting at the gate of heaven for her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:e2:o4:1
# text = To attract the attention of the angel waiting at the gate of heaven for her
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	attract	attract	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	angel	angel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attract** | to-infinitive |  | the attention of the angel |  |  |  | for angel | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund | the angel *not said here* |  |  | the gate of heaven |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location |
| 3 | **attend** |  | the angel |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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