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description: Which of the following accurately identifies the sacred text that provides comfort to the young sailor in the snow hut? Exam question 2 of lesson 1018 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tree: Knud dreams under the willow and is found frozen to death» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tree: Knud dreams under…

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Which of the following accurately identifies the sacred text that provides comfort to the young sailor in the snow hut?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sacred text · **What happens:** follow, identify, provide · **To what, where:** sacred text, comfort, young sailor

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1018 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tree: Knud dreams under the willow and is found frozen to death» 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/1018-pg27200-part229/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e2:1
# text = Which of the following accurately identifies the sacred text that provides comfort to the young sailor in the snow hut?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	provides	provide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	comfort	comfort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **identify** | present |  | the sacred text |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent text=Theme |
| 3 | **provide** | present | the sacred text | comfort | the young sailor in the snow hut |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent comfort=Theme to sailor=Recipient |

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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}

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A psalm book his mother sewed into his coat before the ship sailed north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e2:o1:1
# text = A psalm book his mother sewed into his coat before the ship sailed north
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	psalm	psalm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sewed	sew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
14	north	north	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | past | a psalm book |  |  | book's coat |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into coat=Destination |
| 2 | **sail** | past | the ship |  |  |  |  | north *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Holy Bible, given to him by his grandmother before his departure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e2:o2:1
# text = The Holy Bible, given to him by his grandmother before his departure
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Holy	Holy	PROPN	NNP	_	3	compound	_	_
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | the Holy Bible *not said here* | him *= he* |  | before his departure | by his grandmother | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
| 2 | **depart** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A prayer book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e2:o3:1
# text = A prayer book
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His grandmother's letter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e2:o4:1
# text = His grandmother's letter
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **letter** |  | His grandmother |  |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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