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title: Which object, having been thrown from the balloon, struck a roof and… — Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object, having been thrown from the balloon, struck a roof and was reduced to fragments, the neck alone remaining intact? Exam question 1 of lesson 806 «Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck: the bottle is hidden in a loft, sent up in a balloon, and smashes, but its neck survives» of the books cou
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck: the bottle is hidden in…

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Which object, having been thrown from the balloon, struck a roof and was reduced to fragments, the neck alone remaining intact?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object, neck · **What happens:** throw, strike, reduce, remain · **To what, where:** object, balloon, roof, fragments

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 806 «Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck: the bottle is hidden in a loft, sent up in a balloon, and smashes, but its neck survives» 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/806-pg27200-part17/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:806-pg27200-part17:e1:1
# text = Which object, having been thrown from the balloon, struck a roof and was reduced to fragments, the neck alone remaining intact?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	_
22	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
23	remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	acl	_	_
24	intact	intact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | gerund · perfect · passive |  | which object *not said here* |  | the balloon |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: from balloon=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **strike** | past | which object | a roof |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roof=Patient |
| 3 | **reduce** | past · passive | which object *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to fragments *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: to fragment=Goal |
| 4 | **remain** | gerund | the neck *not said here* |  |  |  |  | intact *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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The rabbit that rode in the basket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:806-pg27200-part17:e1:o1:1
# text = The rabbit that rode in the basket
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | the rabbit |  |  | the basket |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The bottle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:806-pg27200-part17:e1:o2:1
# text = The bottle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Paper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:806-pg27200-part17:e1:o3:1
# text = Paper
1	Paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The neck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:806-pg27200-part17:e1:o4:1
# text = The neck
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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