--- title: What quality of the sea did Eliza observe that gave her resolve to p… — Andersen's Tales, The Wild Swans, part… · tree and pragmatics description: What quality of the sea did Eliza observe that gave her resolve to persevere in her task? Exam question 4 of lesson 1021 «Andersen's Tales, The Wild Swans, part 232: Eliza is disguised, wanders the forest and shore, and meets her swan brothers at sunset» of the books course of Mova's primary school, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1021-pg27200-part232/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Wild Swans, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1021-pg27200-part232/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Wild Swans, part 232: Eliza is disgu… What quality of the sea did Eliza observe that gave her resolve to persevere in her task? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** quality, that, Eliza · **What happens:** observe, give, resolve, persevere, task · **To what, where:** Eliza, task This is exam question 4 of lesson 1021 «Andersen's Tales, The Wild Swans, part 232: Eliza is disguised, wanders the forest and shore, and meets her swan brothers at sunset» 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/1021-pg27200-part232/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1021-pg27200-part232:e4:1 # text = What quality of the sea did Eliza observe that gave her resolve to persevere in her task? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 quality quality NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 Eliza Eliza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 10 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 resolve resolve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 persevere persevere VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | past · do-support | what quality of the sea | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | past | that | | Eliza | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **resolve** | infinitive | that *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **persevere** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | | | Eliza's task | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in task=Location | | 5 | **task** | | Eliza | | | | | | nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} The endless noise of the gulls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1021-pg27200-part232:e4:o1:1 # text = The endless noise of the gulls 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 endless endless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gulls gull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **noise** | | the gulls | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The unwearied rolling of the waves, which never stopped even in the storm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1021-pg27200-part232:e4:o2:1 # text = The unwearied rolling of the waves, which never stopped even in the storm 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 unwearied unwearied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 rolling rolling NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stop** | past | the unwearied rolling of the waves | | | the storm | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in storm=Location | | 2 | **roll** | | the waves | | | | | | nom rolling «event intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The calm, cold surface ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1021-pg27200-part232:e4:o3:1 # text = The calm, cold surface 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The unwearied rolling of the waves ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1021-pg27200-part232:e4:o4:1 # text = The unwearied rolling of the waves 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 unwearied unwearied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 rolling rolling NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | | the waves | | | | | | nom rolling «event intransitive»: of=agent | **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. 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