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title: Which of the following best describes the setting in which the sailo… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tre… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best describes the setting in which the sailors pass their long winter night? Exam question 3 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, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tree: Knud dreams under…

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Which of the following best describes the setting in which the sailors pass their long winter night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sailors · **What happens:** follow, describe, pass · **To what, where:** setting

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e3:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the setting in which the sailors pass their long winter night?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	pass	pass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **describe** | present |  | the setting |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **pass** | present | the sailors |  |  | the setting | night |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in which=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 {#o1}

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Wooden huts by the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e3:o1:1
# text = Wooden huts by the sea
1	Wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	huts	hut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Snow-built huts shaped like bee-hives, lit by the northern lights

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e3:o2:1
# text = Snow-built huts shaped like bee-hives, lit by the northern lights
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	huts	hut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	hives	hive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **shape** | participle |  | built huts *not said here* |  |  |  | like bee hives | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **lit** | participle |  | built huts *not said here* |  |  |  | by the northern lights | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Tents of cloth on the open ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e3:o3:1
# text = Tents of cloth on the open ice
1	Tents	tent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ships in the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e3:o4:1
# text = Ships in the ice
1	Ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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