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title: Identify the location in which the cupboard of bottled poetry was si… — Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the location in which the cupboard of bottled poetry was situated, as described in the passage. Exam question 1 of lesson 1026 «Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 237: the Moor-woman shows the man her cupboard of poetry and tells him about the new Will-o'-the-Wisps bor
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 2…

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Identify the location in which the cupboard of bottled poetry was situated, as described in the passage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, bottle, situate, describe · **To what, where:** location, cupboard, passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1026 «Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 237: the Moor-woman shows the man her cupboard of poetry and tells him about the new Will-o'-the-Wisps born in the marsh» 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/1026-pg27200-part237/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e1:1
# text = Identify the location in which the cupboard of bottled poetry was situated, as described in the passage.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	bottled	bottle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the location |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme |
| 2 | **bottle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **situate** | past · passive |  | the cupboard of bottled poetry |  | the location |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination |
| 4 | **describe** | participle |  |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Upon the moor, disguised as a fallen alder stump beside the black pool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e1:o1:1
# text = Upon the moor, disguised as a fallen alder stump beside the black pool
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	disguised	disguise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
9	alder	alder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	stump	stump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disguise** | participle |  | the moor *not said here* |  | the black pool |  | as a fallen alder stump | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Upon the moor, disguised as an alder stump and guarded by the Story-maiden

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e1:o2:1
# text = Upon the moor, disguised as an alder stump and guarded by the Story-maiden
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	disguised	disguise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	alder	alder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	stump	stump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	guarded	guard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Story	Story	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disguise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | upon the moor; as a alder stump | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **guard** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Beside the pool, hidden in the reeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e1:o3:1
# text = Beside the pool, hidden in the reeds
1	Beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | the pool *not said here* |  | the reeds |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in reed=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Upon the moor, disguised as an alder stump

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e1:o4:1
# text = Upon the moor, disguised as an alder stump
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	disguised	disguise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	alder	alder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	stump	stump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disguise** | participle |  | the moor *not said here* |  |  |  | as a alder stump | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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