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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239…

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Describe the fate of the three-decker ship at the close of the passage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** describe, fate · **To what, where:** fate, close, decker ship

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1028 «Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239: the forest is felled, the ship is never sold, and the gold-making ends in smoke» 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/1028-pg27200-part239/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e4:1
# text = Describe the fate of the three-decker ship at the close of the passage.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	decker	decker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the fate of the decker ship |  | the close of the passage |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme |
| 2 | **fate** |  |  | the decker ship |  |  |  |  | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It remained unsold upon the shore, covered with boards, and never reached the water, as its builder had long since lost all of his gold and house

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e4:o1:1
# text = It remained unsold upon the shore, covered with boards, and never reached the water, as its builder had long since lost all of his gold and house
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	unsold	unsol	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	boards	board	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
18	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
19	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	builder	builder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
22	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	24	advmod	_	_
23	since	since	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
25	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	24	obj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unsol** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | upon the shore | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with boards | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with board=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **reach** | past |  | the water |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 4 | **lose** | past · perfect · passive |  | water's builder |  |  |  | long, since *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It remained unsold upon the shore, covered with boards, and never reached the water

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e4:o2:1
# text = It remained unsold upon the shore, covered with boards, and never reached the water
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	unsold	unsol	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	boards	board	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unsol** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | upon the shore | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with boards | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with board=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **reach** | past |  | the water |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It remained unsold upon the shore, covered with boards, and never reached the water, rotting slowly while the birds gathered and the winter passed by it entirely

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e4:o3:1
# text = It remained unsold upon the shore, covered with boards, and never reached the water, rotting slowly while the birds gathered and the winter passed by it entirely
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	unsold	unsol	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	boards	board	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	rotting	rot	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
19	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
23	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	_
27	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	acl	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	_
30	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unsol** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | upon the shore | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with boards | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with board=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **reach** | past |  | the water |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 4 | **rot** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **gather** | past | the birds |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **pass** | participle |  | the winter *not said here* |  |  |  | by water; entirely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by it=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was sold to a merchant who sailed it to Norway, leaving the village behind

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e4:o4:1
# text = It was sold to a merchant who sailed it to Norway, leaving the village behind
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Norway	Norway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past · passive |  | It | a merchant |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to merchant=Recipient |
| 2 | **sail** | past | a merchant | merchant | Norway |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |
| 3 | **leave** | gerund |  | the village |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Theme |

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