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title: Which statement regarding the Darning-Needle's account of her own fa… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Ne… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which statement regarding the Darning-Needle's account of her own family is accurate? Exam question 3 of lesson 1749 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Needle: lost in the gutter, proud to the end» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Needle: lost in the gu…

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Which statement regarding the Darning-Needle's account of her own family is accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement, Needle · **What happens:** regard, be, account · **To what, where:** own family

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1749 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Needle: lost in the gutter, proud to the end» 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/1749-pg640-part73/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1749-pg640-part73:e3:1
# text = Which statement regarding the Darning-Needle's account of her own family is accurate?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
3	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	Darning	darning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Needle	Needle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | which statement regard Needle's Darning account of Needle's own family |  |  |  |  | accurate *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **account** |  | Needle | Needle's own family |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Her five finger-brothers are described as proud, boastful and of differing sizes, and she is the only one who weeps

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1749-pg640-part73:e3:o1:1
# text = Her five finger-brothers are described as proud, boastful and of differing sizes, and she is the only one who weeps
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
2	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	boastful	boastful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	differing	differ	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	sizes	size	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
23	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	weeps	weep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive |  | Her five finger brothers |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **differ** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | she | the only one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **weep** | present | the only one |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her finger-brothers are called Thumb and Playman, and are kind to her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1749-pg640-part73:e3:o2:1
# text = Her finger-brothers are called Thumb and Playman, and are kind to her
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	Thumb	Thumb	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Playman	Playman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | Her finger brothers |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  | Playman |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |

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

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Her five finger-brothers are described as proud and of differing sizes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1749-pg640-part73:e3:o3:1
# text = Her five finger-brothers are described as proud and of differing sizes
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
2	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	differing	differing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	sizes	size	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive |  | Her five finger brothers |  |  |  | as proud | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as proud=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her five brothers are described as lazy and all exactly the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1749-pg640-part73:e3:o4:1
# text = Her five brothers are described as lazy and all exactly the same
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive |  | Her five brothers |  |  |  | as lazy | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as lazy=Attribute |

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