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description: Describe the manner in which the mate's final communication was enclosed and dispatched into the sea. Exam question 2 of lesson 805 «Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck: a bottle finds a new owner, a sailor's farewell, and a foreign shore» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck: a bottle finds a new ow…

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Describe the manner in which the mate's final communication was enclosed and dispatched into the sea.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, mate · **What happens:** describe, enclose, dispatch, communicate · **To what, where:** manner, final communication, sea

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 805 «Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck: a bottle finds a new owner, a sailor's farewell, and a foreign shore» 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/805-pg27200-part16/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:805-pg27200-part16:e2:1
# text = Describe the manner in which the mate's final communication was enclosed and dispatched into the sea.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	enclosed	enclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **enclose** | past · passive |  | the mate's final communication |  | the manner |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **dispatch** | participle |  |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **communicate** |  | the mate |  |  |  |  |  | nom communication «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He hid the paper in a wooden box and tossed it into the sea at night.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:805-pg27200-part16:e2:o1:1
# text = He hid the paper in a wooden box and tossed it into the sea at night.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	tossed	toss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | He | the paper |  | a wooden box |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent paper=Patient in box=Location |
| 2 | **toss** | past | He *not said here* | paper |  | the sea | night |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Patient into sea=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He corked a bottle with the note and let it float away on the water.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:805-pg27200-part16:e2:o2:1
# text = He corked a bottle with the note and let it float away on the water.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	corked	cork	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cork** | past | He | a bottle |  |  |  | with the note | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent bottle=Destination with note=Theme |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | He *not said here* | bottle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **float away** | infinitive | bottle *not said here* |  |  | the water |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He sealed it within an empty bottle and cast it upon the waves.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:805-pg27200-part16:e2:o3:1
# text = He sealed it within an empty bottle and cast it upon the waves.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sealed	seal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cast	cast	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | past | He | it |  |  |  | within a empty bottle | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **cast** | present | He *not said here* | bottle |  | the waves |  |  | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon wave=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wrapped the letter in oilcloth, sealed it within an empty bottle, tied a rope around it and cast it upon the waves.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:805-pg27200-part16:e2:o4:1
# text = He wrapped the letter in oilcloth, sealed it within an empty bottle, tied a rope around it and cast it upon the waves.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	oilcloth	oilcloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	sealed	seal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	within	within	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	around	around	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	cast	cast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | past | He | the letter |  | oilcloth |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme in oilcloth=Destination |
| 2 | **seal** | past | He *not said here* | letter |  |  |  | within a empty bottle | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **tie** | past |  | a rope |  | rope |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient |
| 4 | **cast** | infinitive |  | letter |  | the waves |  |  | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon wave=Destination |

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