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title: What was the material of Thumbelina's mattress, as described? — Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny g… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the material of Thumbelina's mattress, as described? Exam question 4 of lesson 1740 «Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flower and a toad tries to steal her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flo…

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What was the material of Thumbelina's mattress, as described?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material · **What happens:** be, describe · **To what, where:** mattress

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1740 «Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flower and a toad tries to steal her» 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/1740-pg640-part64/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e4:1
# text = What was the material of Thumbelina's mattress, as described?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Thumbelina	Thumbelina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	mattress	mattress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the material of Thumbelina's mattress |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  | Thumbelina's mattress *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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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Soft green moss leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e4:o1:1
# text = Soft green moss leaves
1	Soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Soft blue petals of a violet flower gathered from the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e4:o2:1
# text = Soft blue petals of a violet flower gathered from the field
1	Soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	violet	violet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | Soft blue petals of a violet flower |  |  | the field |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from field=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Thick blue velvet petals of a rare violet from the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e4:o3:1
# text = Thick blue velvet petals of a rare violet from the garden
1	Thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	violet	violet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Blue petals of a violet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e4:o4:1
# text = Blue petals of a violet
1	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	violet	violet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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