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title: Which of the following describes the place in which the girl was dis… — Grimm's Tales, Cat-skin: a girl in a f… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the place in which the girl was discovered by the royal huntsmen? Exam question 1 of lesson 787 «Grimm's Tales, Cat-skin: a girl in a fur coat wins the king's heart with three dresses» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Tales, Cat-skin: a girl in a fur coat wins the kin…

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Which of the following describes the place in which the girl was discovered by the royal huntsmen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** royal huntsmen · **What happens:** follow, describe, discover · **To what, where:** place, girl

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 787 «Grimm's Tales, Cat-skin: a girl in a fur coat wins the king's heart with three dresses» 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/787-pg2591-part63/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:787-pg2591-part63:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the place in which the girl was discovered by the royal huntsmen?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **describe** | present |  | the place |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent place=Theme |
| 3 | **discover** | past · passive | the royal huntsmen | the girl |  | the place |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |

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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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A hollow tree in a large wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:787-pg2591-part63:e1:o1:1
# text = A hollow tree in a large wood
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wood	wood	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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A hollow tree in a large wood near the palace gates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:787-pg2591-part63:e1:o2:1
# text = A hollow tree in a large wood near the palace gates
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A hollow tree deep in a large wood where the huntsmen were hunting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:787-pg2591-part63:e1:o3:1
# text = A hollow tree deep in a large wood where the huntsmen were hunting
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | past · progressive | the huntsmen |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A ditch by a small road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:787-pg2591-part63:e1:o4:1
# text = A ditch by a small road
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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