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title: With reference to the passage, identify the specific object upon whi… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, identify the specific object upon which the Lapland woman wrote her written message to the Finland woman. Exam question 2 of lesson 293 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda gets help in Finland, then walks on alone among living snowflakes» of the boo
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda get…

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With reference to the passage, identify the specific object upon which the Lapland woman wrote her written message to the Finland woman.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Lapland woman · **What happens:** identify, write · **To what, where:** specific object, written message, her

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 293 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda gets help in Finland, then walks on alone among living snowflakes» 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/293-pg1597-part20/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:e2:1
# text = With reference to the passage, identify the specific object upon which the Lapland woman wrote her written message to the Finland woman.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	specific	specific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Lapland	Lapland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
17	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	iobj	_	_
18	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	Finland	Finland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the specific object |  |  |  | with reference to the passage | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **write** | past | the Lapland woman | written message | her *= she* |  |  | upon the specific object; to the Finland woman | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient message=Topic |
| 3 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a dried haberdine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:e2:o1:1
# text = a dried haberdine
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	haberdine	haberdine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a long strip of birch bark dried by the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:e2:o2:1
# text = a long strip of birch bark dried by the fire
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	strip	strip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle |  | a long strip of birch bark *not said here* |  |  |  | by the fire | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a smoked salmon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:e2:o3:1
# text = a smoked salmon
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	smoked	smoke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	salmon	salmon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smoke** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a dried herring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:e2:o4:1
# text = a dried herring
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	herring	herring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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