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title: Which of the following correctly identifies the wing injury sustaine… — Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following correctly identifies the wing injury sustained by the swallow? Exam question 3 of lesson 1741 «Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65: Thumbelina finds a frozen swallow and nurses him back to life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65: Thumbelina finds a…

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Which of the following correctly identifies the wing injury sustained by the swallow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be, sustain · **To what, where:** wing injury

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1741 «Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65: Thumbelina finds a frozen swallow and nurses him back to life» 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/1741-pg640-part65/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1741-pg640-part65:e3:1
# text = Which of the following correctly identifies the wing injury sustained by the swallow?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	swallow	swallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the wing injury; correctly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sustain** | participle |  | the wing injury *not said here* |  |  |  | by the swallow | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: 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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A wing torn upon a bramble and bent under the weight of snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1741-pg640-part65:e3:o1:1
# text = A wing torn upon a bramble and bent under the weight of snow
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bramble	bramble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	bent	bend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | participle | a wing |  |  | a bramble |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon bramble=Trajectory |
| 2 | **bend** | participle | a wing *not said here* |  |  | the weight of snow |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under weight=Location |

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

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A wing torn upon a bramble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1741-pg640-part65:e3:o2:1
# text = A wing torn upon a bramble
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bramble	bramble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | participle |  | a wing *not said here* |  | a bramble |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon bramble=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A wing torn badly upon a bramble bush in the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1741-pg640-part65:e3:o3:1
# text = A wing torn badly upon a bramble bush in the wood
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bramble	bramble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | participle |  | a wing *not said here* |  | a bramble bush in the wood |  | badly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon bush=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A leg cut on a thorn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1741-pg640-part65:e3:o4:1
# text = A leg cut on a thorn
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | participle |  | a leg *not said here* |  | a thorn |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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