--- title: Which phenomenon did Eliza observe in the sky, and how did she come… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans… · tree and pragmatics description: Which phenomenon did Eliza observe in the sky, and how did she come to understand it? Exam question 3 of lesson 1022 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza flies over the sea and waits on a tiny rock» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1022-pg27200-part233/e3/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1022-pg27200-part233/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza fl… Which phenomenon did Eliza observe in the sky, and how did she come to understand it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phenomenon, Eliza · **What happens:** observe, come, understand · **To what, where:** sky, phenomenon This is exam question 3 of lesson 1022 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza flies over the sea and waits on a tiny rock» 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/1022-pg27200-part233/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:e3:1 # text = Which phenomenon did Eliza observe in the sky, and how did she come to understand it? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 phenomenon phenomenon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Eliza Eliza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | past · do-support | which phenomenon | | | the sky | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past · do-support | Eliza | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **understand** | to-infinitive | Eliza *not said here* | phenomenon | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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} A rainbow over the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:e3:o1:1 # text = A rainbow over the water 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rainbow rainbow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A cloud palace, which she later perceived to be a sea mist ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:e3:o2:1 # text = A cloud palace, which she later perceived to be a sea mist 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 later later ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perceive** | past | a cloud palace | | | | | later *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a cloud palace *not said here* | a sea mist | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} A storm at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:e3:o3:1 # text = A storm at sea 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A fleet of ships, which she later took to be a dream ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:e3:o4:1 # text = A fleet of ships, which she later took to be a dream 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fleet fleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | a fleet of ships | | | | | late *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a dream | | | | | tree rules | **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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