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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tree: Knud dreams under…

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Which of the following correctly states the reason that the gingerbread pair walk toward the church with Knud and Joanna following?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gingerbread pair walk · **What happens:** follow, state · **To what, where:** reason

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e4:1
# text = Which of the following correctly states the reason that the gingerbread pair walk toward the church with Knud and Joanna following?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	states	state	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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	gingerbread	gingerbread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
14	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Knud	Knud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	Joanna	Joanna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
21	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	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 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  | the reason |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | the gingerbread pair walk toward the church with Knud and Joanna | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |

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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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They are hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e4:o1:1
# text = They are hungry
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They want cake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e4:o2:1
# text = They want cake
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | They | cake |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cake=Theme |

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

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They are engaged to be married and wish to be wed at the altar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e4:o3:1
# text = They are engaged to be married and wish to be wed at the altar
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wish	wish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	wed	w	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	ccomp	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engage** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **wish** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **w** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | the altar |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They want to visit the priest to pray for rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:e4:o4:1
# text = They want to visit the priest to pray for rain
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **visit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the priest |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priest=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **pray** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for rain | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for rain=Theme |

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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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