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title: Who, according to the passage, conveyed the girl's soul up to God? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mat… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who, according to the passage, conveyed the girl's soul up to God? Exam question 3 of lesson 306 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Match Girl: a poor girl freezes on New Year's Eve» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Match Girl: a poor girl…

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Who, according to the passage, conveyed the girl's soul up to God?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** accord, convey up · **To what, where:** soul, God

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 306 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Match Girl: a poor girl freezes on New Year's Eve» 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/306-pg1597-part33/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:306-pg1597-part33:e3:1
# text = Who, according to the passage, conveyed the girl's soul up to God?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **convey up** | past |  | the girl's soul | God |  |  | accord the passage | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent soul=Topic to god=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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her deceased grandmother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:306-pg1597-part33:e3:o1:1
# text = her deceased grandmother
1	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	deceased	decease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decease** | past | her *= she* | grandmother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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her deceased grandmother who had loved her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:306-pg1597-part33:e3:o2:1
# text = her deceased grandmother who had loved her
1	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	deceased	decease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decease** | past | her *= she* | grandmother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** | past · perfect · passive |  | grandmother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the angels who lived in the sky above the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:306-pg1597-part33:e3:o3:1
# text = the angels who lived in the sky above the city
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	above	above	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the angels |  |  | the sky |  | above the city | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the falling star itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:306-pg1597-part33:e3:o4:1
# text = the falling star itself
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	amod	_	_
3	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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