--- title: Identify the object from which the goblin emerged at the stroke of m… — Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Sold… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the object from which the goblin emerged at the stroke of midnight, as described in the passage. Exam question 2 of lesson 1000 «Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin soldiers meet a paper dancer, and one falls from the window» of the books course of Mova's primary school, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1000-pg27200-part211/e2/) [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's Stories, The Brave Tin Sold…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1000-pg27200-part211/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin sol… Identify the object from which the goblin emerged at the stroke of midnight, as described in the passage. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, emerge, describe, stroke · **To what, where:** object, goblin, stroke, passage, midnight This is exam question 2 of lesson 1000 «Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin soldiers meet a paper dancer, and one falls from the window» 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/1000-pg27200-part211/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:e2:1 # text = Identify the object from which the goblin emerged at the stroke of midnight, as described in the passage. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 goblin goblin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 emerged emerge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object | | | | from the goblin | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | | 2 | **emerge** | participle | | the goblin *not said here* | | the stroke of midnight | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at stroke=Location | | 3 | **describe** | participle | | | | the passage | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stroke** | | | midnight | | | | | nom stroke «act transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A toy box. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:e2:o1:1 # text = A toy box. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The wooden drawer, which held a painted toy puzzle. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:e2:o2:1 # text = The wooden drawer, which held a painted toy puzzle. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 drawer drawer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 9 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 puzzle puzzle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past | the wooden drawer | a painted toy puzzle | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puzzle=Theme | | 2 | **paint** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The snuff-box. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:e2:o3:1 # text = The snuff-box. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 snuff snuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The snuff-box, which proved to be a toy puzzle. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:e2:o4:1 # text = The snuff-box, which proved to be a toy puzzle. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 snuff snuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 puzzle puzzle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | past | the snuff box | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the snuff box *not said here* | a toy puzzle | | | | | tree rules | **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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