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title: State the physical appearance of the North Pole as it became visible… — The Magic City, The Slide to the North… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the physical appearance of the North Pole as it became visible to the children at the conclusion of the slide. Exam question 4 of lesson 644 «The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: George and Jane race down a great ice slide and meet a sportsman, a collector and a white grouse» 
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# Exam question 4 · The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: Geor…

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State the physical appearance of the North Pole as it became visible to the children at the conclusion of the slide.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** State · **What happens:** become, conclude · **To what, where:** slide

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 644 «The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: George and Jane race down a great ice slide and meet a sportsman, a collector and a white grouse» 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/644-pg23661-part12/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e4:1
# text = State the physical appearance of the North Pole as it became visible to the children at the conclusion of the slide.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	slide	slide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | State  the physical appearance of the North Pole |  |  |  |  | visible *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **conclude** |  |  | the slide |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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It was a white tower that shone like a glass lamp in the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e4:o1:1
# text = It was a white tower that shone like a glass lamp in the sky
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	shone	shine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a white tower |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shine** | past | a white tower |  |  | the sky |  | like a glass lamp | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It was towering, white, glistening, and resembled an ice-lighthouse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e4:o2:1
# text = It was towering, white, glistening, and resembled an ice-lighthouse
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	towering	tower	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	glistening	glisten	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	resembled	resemble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tower** | past · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **glisten** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **resemble** | past |  | a ice lighthouse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It stood very tall, bright and white, a bit like a lighthouse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e4:o3:1
# text = It stood very tall, bright and white, a bit like a lighthouse
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | It | a bit |  |  |  | like a lighthouse; tall *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was towering, white, glistening, and looked exactly like an enormous ice-lighthouse standing on the ice

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e4:o4:1
# text = It was towering, white, glistening, and looked exactly like an enormous ice-lighthouse standing on the ice
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	towering	tower	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	glistening	glisten	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	enormous	enormous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
15	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
18	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tower** | past · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **glisten** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **look** | past |  | a enormous ice lighthouse |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lighthouse=Attribute |
| 4 | **stand** | gerund | a enormous ice lighthouse *not said here* |  |  | the ice |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ice=Location |

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