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title: Which of the following statements, in the judgement of the examiner,… — Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Yea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements, in the judgement of the examiner, most accurately describes the event in which the two children of Spring embrace the figure of Winter? Exam question 1 of lesson 1031 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Year: sparrows, Winter and the two children of Spring» of the 
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Year: sparrows, Winter…

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Which of the following statements, in the judgement of the examiner, most accurately describes the event in which the two children of Spring embrace the figure of Winter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two children · **What happens:** follow, describe, embrace, figure · **To what, where:** event, figure, Winter

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1031 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Year: sparrows, Winter and the two children of Spring» 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/1031-pg27200-part242/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1031-pg27200-part242:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements, in the judgement of the examiner, most accurately describes the event in which the two children of Spring embrace the figure of Winter?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	judgement	judgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	examiner	examiner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
15	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	obl	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
23	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	embrace	embrace	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Winter	Winter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the event |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme |
| 3 | **embrace** | present | the two children of Spring | the figure of Winter |  | the event |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent figure=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **figure** |  |  | Winter |  |  |  |  | nom figure «communication 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}

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Winter is hidden in a grey haze and then slowly sinks into the frozen ground

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1031-pg27200-part242:e1:o1:1
# text = Winter is hidden in a grey haze and then slowly sinks into the frozen ground
1	Winter	Winter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	haze	haze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	sinks	sink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present · passive |  | Winter |  | a grey haze |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in haze=Location |
| 2 | **sink** | present |  |  |  | the frozen ground | then | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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Winter is enveloped in a dark mist and thereupon vanishes from the scene

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1031-pg27200-part242:e1:o2:1
# text = Winter is enveloped in a dark mist and thereupon vanishes from the scene
1	Winter	Winter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	enveloped	envelop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	thereupon	thereupon	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	vanishes	vanish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **envelop** | present · passive |  | Winter |  | a dark mist |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **vanish** | present |  |  |  | the scene |  | thereupon *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from scene=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Winter disappears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1031-pg27200-part242:e1:o3:1
# text = Winter disappears
1	Winter	Winter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	disappears	disappear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disappear** | present | Winter |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Winter runs away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1031-pg27200-part242:e1:o4:1
# text = Winter runs away
1	Winter	Winter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | present | Winter |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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