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description: To what extent did the young man arriving on the third day display composure within the palace, as described by the Raven? Exam question 2 of lesson 290 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells Gerda that Kay is living with a Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells G…

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To what extent did the young man arriving on the third day display composure within the palace, as described by the Raven?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** extent, young man · **What happens:** do, arrive, describe · **To what, where:** young man, third display composure

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 290 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells Gerda that Kay is living with a Princess» 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/290-pg1597-part17/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:e2:1
# text = To what extent did the young man arriving on the third day display composure within the palace, as described by the Raven?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	arriving	arrive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	composure	composure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	within	within	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
21	by	by	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | extent | the young man |  |  |  | within the palace | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality |
| 2 | **arrive** | gerund | the young man *not said here* |  |  | the third display composure |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **describe** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the Raven | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 {#o1}

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He displayed no embarrassment whatsoever in the courtyard and on the staircase, and even greeted the Princess with a bow and a laugh

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:e2:o1:1
# text = He displayed no embarrassment whatsoever in the courtyard and on the staircase, and even greeted the Princess with a bow and a laugh
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	displayed	display	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	staircase	staircase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	greeted	greet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | past | He | no embarrassment |  | the courtyard and the staircase |  | whatsoever *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embarrassment=Theme |
| 2 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past |  |  | the Princess |  |  | with a bow and a laugh | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He displayed no embarrassment whatsoever in the courtyard and on the staircase, and then left the palace at once

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:e2:o2:1
# text = He displayed no embarrassment whatsoever in the courtyard and on the staircase, and then left the palace at once
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	displayed	display	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	staircase	staircase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
16	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | past | He | no embarrassment |  | the courtyard and the staircase |  | whatsoever *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embarrassment=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | past | He *not said here* | the palace |  |  | then |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent palace=Theme at once=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He showed no shame anywhere, in the courtyard or on the stairs, very bold

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:e2:o3:1
# text = He showed no shame anywhere, in the courtyard or on the stairs, very bold
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	very	very	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | He | no shame |  |  |  | anywhere *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent shame=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He displayed no embarrassment whatsoever in the courtyard and staircase

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:e2:o4:1
# text = He displayed no embarrassment whatsoever in the courtyard and staircase
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	displayed	display	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	staircase	staircase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | past | He | no embarrassment |  | the courtyard and staircase |  | whatsoever *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embarrassment=Theme |

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