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title: In the passage, which phrase most accurately describes the mother's… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Coll… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the passage, which phrase most accurately describes the mother's final request to God? Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind…

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In the passage, which phrase most accurately describes the mother's final request to God?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mother · **What happens:** describe, request · **To what, where:** final request, passage

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e4:1
# text = In the passage, which phrase most accurately describes the mother's final request to God?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present |  | the mother's final request |  | the passage and which phrase |  | to God; accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent request=Theme to god=be' |
| 2 | **request** |  | the mother |  |  |  |  | to God | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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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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That He not hear her prayers if they oppose His will, and that He take her child to the kingdom

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e4:o1:1
# text = That He not hear her prayers if they oppose His will, and that He take her child to the kingdom
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	oppose	oppose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | infinitive | That | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **oppose** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | prayers *= prayer* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **take** | infinitive | He | her child |  | the kingdom |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme to kingdom=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That He ignore her prayers when they go against Him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e4:o2:1
# text = That He ignore her prayers when they go against Him
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ignore	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	against	against	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | past | That | her prayers |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | present | prayers *= prayer* |  |  |  |  | against Him *= he* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against he=Location |
| 3 | **pray** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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That He not hear her prayers if they oppose His will

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e4:o3:1
# text = That He not hear her prayers if they oppose His will
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	oppose	oppose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | infinitive | That | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **oppose** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | prayers *= prayer* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That He reject her prayers if they break His law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e4:o4:1
# text = That He reject her prayers if they break His law
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reject	reject	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	break	break	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reject** | infinitive | That | her prayers |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme |
| 2 | **break** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | prayers *= prayer* | His law |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Patient |
| 3 | **pray** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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