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title: Which of the following correctly states the purpose of printing the… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following correctly states the purpose of printing the written paper, as explained in the passage? Exam question 4 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, with the depen
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the fir-tree burns, and…

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Which of the following correctly states the purpose of printing the written paper, as explained in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** purpose · **What happens:** follow, state, print, write, explain · **To what, where:** purpose, written paper, passage

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:e4:1
# text = Which of the following correctly states the purpose of printing the written paper, as explained in the passage?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	printing	print	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	explained	explain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  | the purpose |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic |
| 3 | **print** | gerund | the purpose *not said here* | the written paper |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme |
| 4 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **explain** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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to reach many readers at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:e4:o1:1
# text = to reach many readers at once
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | to-infinitive |  | many readers |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent reader=Theme at once=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to reach many readers at once across the whole country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:e4:o2:1
# text = to reach many readers at once across the whole country
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | to-infinitive |  | many readers |  | the whole country |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent reader=Theme at once=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to make money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:e4:o3:1
# text = to make money
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | money |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset money=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to save paper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:e4:o4:1
# text = to save paper
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | to-infinitive |  | paper |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme |

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