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title: With what object was the Fir Tree set upright prior to its display i… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree,… · tree and pragmatics
description: With what object was the Fir Tree set upright prior to its display in the drawing-room? Exam question 1 of lesson 285 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 12: the Fir is cut down, decorated, and stripped bare by the children» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 12: the Fir is…

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With what object was the Fir Tree set upright prior to its display in the drawing-room?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Fir Tree, Tree · **What happens:** be, display · **To what, where:** drawing room

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 285 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 12: the Fir is cut down, decorated, and stripped bare by the children» 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/285-pg1597-part12/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:e1:1
# text = With what object was the Fir Tree set upright prior to its display in the drawing-room?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Fir	Fir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	upright	upright	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	13	case	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Fir Tree |  |  | the drawing room |  | with what object; prior Tree's display; set, upright *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **display** |  | Tree |  |  |  |  |  | nom display «communication transitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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A large wooden cask packed tightly with damp garden earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:e1:o1:1
# text = A large wooden cask packed tightly with damp garden earth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cask	cask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | participle |  | a large wooden cask *not said here* |  |  |  | with damp garden earth; tightly *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with earth=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An ornate silver urn that had belonged to the grandmother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:e1:o2:1
# text = An ornate silver urn that had belonged to the grandmother
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	ornate	ornate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	urn	urn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	belonged	belong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | past · perfect | a ornate silver urn |  |  |  |  | to the grandmother | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A cask filled with sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:e1:o3:1
# text = A cask filled with sand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cask	cask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | participle |  | a cask *not said here* |  |  |  | with sand | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with sand=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A bucket of wet soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:e1:o4:1
# text = A bucket of wet soil
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	soil	soil	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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