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title: Which of the following best identifies the mood established in the c… — Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best identifies the mood established in the closing passage? Exam question 8 of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 8 · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to…

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Which of the following best identifies the mood established in the closing passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, identify, establish · **To what, where:** mood, closing passage

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This is exam question 8 of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» 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/1298-pg3454-part23/#e8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:e8:1
# text = Which of the following best identifies the mood established in the closing passage?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	closing	closing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **identify** | present |  | the mood |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  | the mood *not said here* |  | the closing passage |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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An atmosphere of strangeness and wonder, mingled with danger and fear.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:e8:o1:1
# text = An atmosphere of strangeness and wonder, mingled with danger and fear.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	strangeness	strangeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wonder	wonder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mingled	mingle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mingle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with danger and fear | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with danger=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cheerful and funny.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:e8:o2:1
# text = Cheerful and funny.
1	Cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A gentle, sleepy calm, with a hint of humor and playfulness.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:e8:o3:1
# text = A gentle, sleepy calm, with a hint of humor and playfulness.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
2	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hint	hint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	humor	humor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	playfulness	playfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hint** |  | humor and playfulness |  |  |  |  |  | nom hint «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A tone of sadness and quiet regret.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:e8:o4:1
# text = A tone of sadness and quiet regret.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tone	tone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	regret	regret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intonate** |  |  | sadness and quiet regret |  |  |  |  | nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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