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title: Which of the following describes the object into which the fir-tree'… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the object into which the fir-tree's remaining substance was transformed at the close of its existence? Exam question 1 of lesson 827 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the fir-tree burns, and the flax becomes linen and then paper» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the fir-tree burns, and…

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Which of the following describes the object into which the fir-tree's remaining substance was transformed at the close of its existence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** substance · **What happens:** follow, describe, transform, exist · **To what, where:** object, remaining substance

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 827 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the fir-tree burns, and the flax becomes linen and then paper» 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/827-pg27200-part38/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the object into which the fir-tree's remaining substance was transformed at the close of its existence?
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	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	obl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	remaining	remaining	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	existence	existence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	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 object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 3 | **transform** | past · passive |  | the fir tree's remaining substance |  | the object |  | at the close of substance's existence | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into which=Result |
| 4 | **exist** |  | substance |  |  |  |  |  | nom existence «state 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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warm ashes lying in the grate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:e1:o1:1
# text = warm ashes lying in the grate
1	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grate	grate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund | warm ashes *not said here* |  |  | the grate |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grate=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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burnt ashes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:e1:o2:1
# text = burnt ashes
1	burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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ashes consumed in the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:e1:o3:1
# text = ashes consumed in the fire
1	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | participle |  | ashes *not said here* |  | the fire |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a heap of soot in the chimney

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:e1:o4:1
# text = a heap of soot in the chimney
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	soot	soot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chimney	chimney	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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**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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