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title: Which of the following is the principal object the soldier seeks upo… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following is the principal object the soldier seeks upon descending into the hollow tree? Exam question 1 of lesson 1002 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 2: the soldier takes gold from the dogs' chests, spends it, and calls the princess up with the tinder-box» of the books 
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 2: the soldie…

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Which of the following is the principal object the soldier seeks upon descending into the hollow tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, be, seek, descend · **To what, where:** hollow tree

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1002 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 2: the soldier takes gold from the dogs' chests, spends it, and calls the princess up with the tinder-box» 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/1002-pg27200-part213/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:e1:1
# text = Which of the following is the principal object the soldier seeks upon descending into the hollow tree?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	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	is	be	AUX	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	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	seeks	seek	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	descending	descend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	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 principal object | tree rules |
| 3 | **seek** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **descend** | gerund |  |  |  | the hollow tree |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into tree=Location |

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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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the treasure stored in the chests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:e1:o1:1
# text = the treasure stored in the chests
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	stored	store	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chests	chest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | participle |  | the treasure *not said here* |  | the chests |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in chest=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the wealth of the witch hidden in a secret room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:e1:o2:1
# text = the wealth of the witch hidden in a secret room
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | the wealth of the witch *not said here* |  | a secret room |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the golden crown lying in the hollow tree's centre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:e1:o3:1
# text = the golden crown lying in the hollow tree's centre
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund | the golden crown *not said here* |  |  | the hollow tree's centre |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in centre=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the princess hidden in a tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:e1:o4:1
# text = the princess hidden in a tower
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | the princess *not said here* |  | a tower |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tower=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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