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description: Identify the precise location in which the goblin remained after the fire was extinguished, and state the reason which he gives for not wholly abandoning the grocer. Exam question 2 of lesson 1614 «Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin borrows a tongue and saves a book from fire» o
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin bo…

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Identify the precise location in which the goblin remained after the fire was extinguished, and state the reason which he gives for not wholly abandoning the grocer.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, goblin · **What happens:** identify, remain, be, state, give, not abandon · **To what, where:** precise location, goblin, reason, grocer

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1614 «Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin borrows a tongue and saves a book from fire» 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/1614-pg5615-part3/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:e2:1
# text = Identify the precise location in which the goblin remained after the fire was extinguished, and state the reason which he gives for not wholly abandoning the grocer.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
9	remained	remain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	extinguished	extinguished	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	state	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	obj	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
23	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
24	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
25	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	abandoning	abandon	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	advcl	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	grocer	grocer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	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 precise location |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme |
| 2 | **remain** | participle |  | the goblin *not said here* |  |  | after the fire |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | the goblin |  |  | the precise location |  | extinguished *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **state** *speech: other* | infinitive |  | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 5 | **give** | present | goblin | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 6 | **not** **abandon** | gerund | goblin *not said here* | the grocer |  |  |  | wholly *property* | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme grocer=Source |

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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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On the chimney, because he could not give up the grocer and the jam at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:e2:o1:1
# text = On the chimney, because he could not give up the grocer and the jam at all
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	grocer	grocer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **give up** | could | he | the grocer and the jam |  | the chimney |  | at all | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grocer=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the cellar, because of the cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:e2:o2:1
# text = In the cellar, because of the cat
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On the chimney, because of the jam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:e2:o3:1
# text = On the chimney, because of the jam
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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On the high chimney above the shop, because he still cared for the grocer and his jam

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:e2:o4:1
# text = On the high chimney above the shop, because he still cared for the grocer and his jam
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
5	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	cared	care	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	grocer	grocer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | past | he |  |  | the high chimney above the shop | still | for the grocer and his jam | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for grocer=Theme |

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