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title: Which object did the prince's ship display upon its surface? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the prince's ship display upon its surface? Exam question 1 of lesson 1020 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud prince is beaten by a gnat; a wicked queen plots against Eliza» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud…

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Which object did the prince's ship display upon its surface?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object, prince · **What happens:** do, display · **To what, where:** ship display

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1020 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud prince is beaten by a gnat; a wicked queen plots against Eliza» 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/1020-pg27200-part231/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e1:1
# text = Which object did the prince's ship display upon its surface?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object | the prince's ship display |  |  |  | upon object's surface | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent display=Eventuality |
| 2 | **display** |  | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom display «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Thousands of gun barrels resembling eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e1:o1:1
# text = Thousands of gun barrels resembling eyes
1	Thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	resembling	resemble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resemble** | gerund | gun barrels *not said here* | eyes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Thousands of tiny eyes that were actually gun barrels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e1:o2:1
# text = Thousands of tiny eyes that were actually gun barrels
1	Thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | tiny eyes | gun barrels |  |  |  | actually *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Thousands of glowing lanterns along rails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e1:o3:1
# text = Thousands of glowing lanterns along rails
1	Thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	lanterns	lantern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	along	along	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rails	rail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rows upon rows of gleaming bronze barrels arranged like eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:e1:o4:1
# text = Rows upon rows of gleaming bronze barrels arranged like eyes
1	Rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	gleaming	gleam	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
6	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gleam** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **arrange** | participle |  | gleaming bronze barrels *not said here* |  |  |  | like eyes | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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