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title: In what geographical position is the mansion of Borreby situated, ac… — Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Win… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what geographical position is the mansion of Borreby situated, according to the narrative? Exam question 2 of lesson 1027 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 1: the Wind tells of the Borreby house and its wild May feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 1: the Wind…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In what geographical position is the mansion of Borreby situated, according to the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, situate, accord · **To what, where:** mansion

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1027 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 1: the Wind tells of the Borreby house and its wild May feast» 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/1027-pg27200-part238/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1027-pg27200-part238:e2:1
# text = In what geographical position is the mansion of Borreby situated, according to the narrative?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
3	geographical	geographical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mansion	mansion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Borreby	Borreby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	situated	situate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	case	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the mansion |  | of Borreby | tree rules |
| 2 | **situate** | past |  |  |  |  |  | accord the narrative | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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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Deep inside a dark forest by a frozen lake, many miles from any coast

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1027-pg27200-part238:e2:o1:1
# text = Deep inside a dark forest by a frozen lake, many miles from any coast
1	Deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Near the shores of the Great Belt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1027-pg27200-part238:e2:o2:1
# text = Near the shores of the Great Belt
1	Near	near	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shores	shore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Belt	Belt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On a windy cliff far out over the cold northern sea, far from any town

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1027-pg27200-part238:e2:o3:1
# text = On a windy cliff far out over the cold northern sea, far from any town
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	windy	windy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On a hill above the Little Belt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1027-pg27200-part238:e2:o4:1
# text = On a hill above the Little Belt
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Belt	Belt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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