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title: what does she compare herself to, like a vibe? — Andersen's tales, The Dryad, part 27:… · tree and pragmatics
description: what does she compare herself to, like a vibe? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 816 «Andersen's tales, The Dryad, part 27: the chestnut is carried to Paris and the Dryad longs to be human» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's tales, The Dryad, part 27: the chestnut is carr…

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what does she compare herself to, like a vibe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** compare · **To what, where:** herself

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 816 «Andersen's tales, The Dryad, part 27: the chestnut is carried to Paris and the Dryad longs to be human» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/816-pg27200-part27/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:816-pg27200-part27:t11:1
# text = what does she compare herself to, like a vibe?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	compare	compare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	vibe	vibe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compare** | present · do-support | she | herself *= she* |  |  |  | to a vibe | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a hawk circling high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:816-pg27200-part27:t11:o1:1
# text = a hawk circling high
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	circling	circle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circle** | gerund | a hawk *not said here* |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a lonely cloud drifting slowly away over the hills and the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:816-pg27200-part27:t11:o2:1
# text = a lonely cloud drifting slowly away over the hills and the river
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	drifting	drift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift away** | gerund | a lonely cloud *not said here* |  |  | the hills and the river |  | away, slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a wisp of smoke fading slowly over the rooftops of the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:816-pg27200-part27:t11:o3:1
# text = a wisp of smoke fading slowly over the rooftops of the city
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wisp	wisp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	fading	fade	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rooftops	rooftop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fade** | gerund | a wisp of smoke *not said here* |  |  | the rooftops of the city |  | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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a cloud drifting away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:816-pg27200-part27:t11:o4:1
# text = a cloud drifting away
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	drifting	drift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift away** | gerund | a cloud *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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