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description: Which tale did the little man recite to the assembled children, in accordance with their vote? Exam question 4 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 depen
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 12: the Fir is…

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Which tale did the little man recite to the assembled children, in accordance with their vote?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tale, children · **What happens:** recite, assemble, vote · **To what, where:** assembled children, accordance

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:e4:1
# text = Which tale did the little man recite to the assembled children, in accordance with their vote?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	recite	recite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recite** | past · do-support | which tale |  | the assembled children | accordance with children's vote |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to child=Recipient |
| 2 | **assemble** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **vote** |  | children *= child* |  |  |  |  |  | nom vote «act 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The tale of Humpy-Dumpy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:e4:o1:1
# text = The tale of Humpy-Dumpy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	Humpy	humpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Dumpy	dumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The tale of the princess who lived in a castle made of ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:e4:o2:1
# text = The tale of the princess who lived in a castle made of ice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the tale of the princess |  |  | a castle |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a castle *not said here* |  |  |  | of ice | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **tell** |  | the princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The long tale of a soldier who went to war and came home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:e4:o3:1
# text = The long tale of a soldier who went to war and came home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	home	home	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | a soldier |  |  | war |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **come** | past | the long tale of a soldier |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **tell** |  | a soldier |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The tale of Cinderella

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:e4:o4:1
# text = The tale of Cinderella
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Cinderella	Cinderella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** |  | Cinderella |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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