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title: Which phrase most accurately conveys the nature of the wooden sentri… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase most accurately conveys the nature of the wooden sentries encountered by the girl in the cottage garden? Exam question 4 of lesson 288 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda drifts away by river» of the books course of Mova's p
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is ca…

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Which phrase most accurately conveys the nature of the wooden sentries encountered by the girl in the cottage garden?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** convey, encounter · **To what, where:** nature, wooden sentries, cottage garden

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 288 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda drifts away by river» 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/288-pg1597-part15/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:e4:1
# text = Which phrase most accurately conveys the nature of the wooden sentries encountered by the girl in the cottage garden?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	conveys	convey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sentries	sentry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
12	encountered	encounter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | present | which phrase | the nature of the wooden sentries |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nature=Topic |
| 2 | **encounter** | participle |  | the wooden sentries *not said here* |  | the cottage garden |  | by the girl | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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They are wooden soldiers standing guard by the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:e4:o1:1
# text = They are wooden soldiers standing guard by the gate
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | wooden soldiers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | gerund | wooden soldiers *not said here* | guard |  |  |  | by the gate | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent guard=Theme by gate=Destination |

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

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They are inanimate figures that present arms to passers-by

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:e4:o2:1
# text = They are inanimate figures that present arms to passers-by
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	inanimate	inanimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	figures	figure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	present	present	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	passers	passer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | inanimate figures |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **present** | present | inanimate figures | arms | passers |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent arm=Theme to passer=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are wooden figures that salute visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:e4:o3:1
# text = They are wooden figures that salute visitors
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	figures	figure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	salute	salute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | wooden figures |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **salute** | present | wooden figures | visitors |  |  |  |  | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visitor=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are living men dressed as soldiers who move their arms and call out to every child who passes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:e4:o4:1
# text = They are living men dressed as soldiers who move their arms and call out to every child who passes
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present · progressive | They | men |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme man=Location |
| 2 | **dress** | participle |  | men *not said here* |  |  |  | as soldiers | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **move** | present | soldiers | soldiers's arms |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |
| 4 | **call out** *speech: assert* | infinitive | soldiers *not said here* |  | every child |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to child=Recipient |
| 5 | **pass** | present | every child |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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