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title: Which of the following describes the immediate outcome of the tin so… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the immediate outcome of the tin soldier's descent into the gutter? Exam question 1 of lesson 1001 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Tinderbox, part 212: the tin soldier melts in the stove, and a soldier meets a witch by a hollow tree» of the
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The…

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Which of the following describes the immediate outcome of the tin soldier's descent into the gutter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tin soldier · **What happens:** follow, be, descend · **To what, where:** gutter

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1001 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Tinderbox, part 212: the tin soldier melts in the stove, and a soldier meets a witch by a hollow tree» 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/1001-pg27200-part212/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the immediate outcome of the tin soldier's descent into the gutter?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	descent	descent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	gutter	gutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the immediate outcome; of the tin soldier's descent into the gutter | tree rules |
| 3 | **descend** |  | the tin soldier |  |  | the gutter |  |  | nom descent «event intransitive»: poss=agent into=place |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He floated off in a boat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:e1:o1:1
# text = He floated off in a boat.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	floated	float	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float off** | past | He |  |  | a boat |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in boat=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He drifted down the gutter in a boat of newspaper that two boys had folded and launched.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:e1:o2:1
# text = He drifted down the gutter in a boat of newspaper that two boys had folded and launched.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drifted	drift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gutter	gutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	folded	fold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	launched	launch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift down** | past | He | the gutter |  | a boat of newspaper |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent gutter=Theme in boat=Trajectory |
| 2 | **fold** | past · perfect · passive |  | newspaper |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **launch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was carried along by the stream in a paper vessel constructed by two boys.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:e1:o3:1
# text = He was carried along by the stream in a paper vessel constructed by two boys.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	along	along	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · passive | the stream | He |  | a paper vessel |  | along *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Value in vessel=Location |
| 2 | **construct** | participle |  | a paper vessel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sank at once in the gutter.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:e1:o4:1
# text = He sank at once in the gutter.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gutter	gutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | past | He |  |  | the gutter |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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