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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees…

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In what manner does Anne Lisbeth, upon perceiving the apparition, proceed to the churchyard in order to fulfil the demands of the spectre?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** manner, you · **What happens:** do, perceive, proceed, fulfil, demand · **To what, where:** Anne, apparition, demands, spectre

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 794 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees a ghostly child and digs a grave by the sea before dawn» 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/794-pg27200-part5/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:e1:1
# text = In what manner does Anne Lisbeth, upon perceiving the apparition, proceed to the churchyard in order to fulfil the demands of the spectre?
1	In	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
5	Anne	Anne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	Lisbeth	Lisbeth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	perceiving	perceive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	apparition	apparition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
13	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	20	mark	_	_
18	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	fixed	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	demands	demand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	spectre	spectre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what manner | Anne |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anne=Eventuality |
| 2 | **perceive** | gerund | what manner *not said here* | the apparition |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer apparition=Stimulus |
| 3 | **proceed** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the churchyard | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fulfil** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the demands of the spectre |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **demand** |  |  | the spectre |  |  |  |  | nom demand «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She hastens thither and begins to excavate a grave with her own hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:e1:o1:1
# text = She hastens thither and begins to excavate a grave with her own hands
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hastens	hasten	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	begins	begin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	excavate	excavate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hasten** | present | She |  |  |  |  | thither *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **begin** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **excavate** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a grave |  |  |  | with her own hands | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent grave=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She runs off to the church and begins to bury the sea-child in the mud

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:e1:o2:1
# text = She runs off to the church and begins to bury the sea-child in the mud
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	begins	begin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	bury	bury	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | present | She |  |  |  |  | to the church *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to church=Result |
| 2 | **begin** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **bury** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the sea child |  | the mud |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme in mud=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She goes there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:e1:o3:1
# text = She goes there
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | She |  |  | there |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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She walks to the graveyard and waits for the spectre to appear again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:e1:o4:1
# text = She walks to the graveyard and waits for the spectre to appear again
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	spectre	spectre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	appear	appear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | She |  |  |  |  | to the graveyard *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to graveyard=Result |
| 2 | **wait** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the spectre | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **appear** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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