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description: Which of the following correctly identifies the object cut by the scissors in the narrative? Exam question 3 of lesson 302 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind mother bargains with Death for her child, then a boastful collar starts to court a garter» of the books course of Mov
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind…

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Which of the following correctly identifies the object cut by the scissors in the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, identify, cut · **To what, where:** object, narrative

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 302 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind mother bargains with Death for her child, then a boastful collar starts to court a garter» 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/302-pg1597-part29/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e3:1
# text = Which of the following correctly identifies the object cut by the scissors in the narrative?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the object |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 3 | **cut** | participle |  | the object *not said here* |  | the narrative |  | by the scissors | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The jagged edge of the collar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e3:o1:1
# text = The jagged edge of the collar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	jagged	jagged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The jagged edge of the collar, which the scissors trim off in anger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e3:o2:1
# text = The jagged edge of the collar, which the scissors trim off in anger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	jagged	jagged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	trim	trim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trim off** | present | the jagged edge of the collar |  |  |  |  | in anger | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent which=Destination in anger=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The garter's silken band

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e3:o3:1
# text = The garter's silken band
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	garter	garter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The hair-comb's broken tooth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e3:o4:1
# text = The hair-comb's broken tooth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · passive |  | the hair comb |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient tooth=Result |

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