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title: Which creatures were observed to alight upon the youth as a sign? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which creatures were observed to alight upon the youth as a sign? Exam question 2 of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Wha…

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Which creatures were observed to alight upon the youth as a sign?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** observe · **To what, where:** creatures, alight

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» 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/767-pg2591-part43/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e2:1
# text = Which creatures were observed to alight upon the youth as a sign?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	alight	alight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | past · passive |  | which creatures | alight |  |  | upon the youth; as a sign | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to alight=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 {#o1}

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A flock of white birds that settled upon the youth's head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e2:o1:1
# text = A flock of white birds that settled upon the youth's head
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	settled	settle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **settle** | past | a flock of white birds |  |  |  |  | upon the youth's head | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Three golden bees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e2:o2:1
# text = Three golden bees
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Two snow-white doves that circled the church altar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e2:o3:1
# text = Two snow-white doves that circled the church altar
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
2	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	circled	circle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circle** | past | Two snow white doves | the church altar |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme altar=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Two snow-white doves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e2:o4:1
# text = Two snow-white doves
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
2	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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