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title: Which figure did the children identify with the final spark of the f… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Tru… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which figure did the children identify with the final spark of the fire? Exam question 2 of lesson 828 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt paper's last words, then a ruined son flies off in a magic trunk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt…

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Which figure did the children identify with the final spark of the fire?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** figure, children, fire · **What happens:** do, identify, spark

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 828 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt paper's last words, then a ruined son flies off in a magic trunk» 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/828-pg27200-part39/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e2:1
# text = Which figure did the children identify with the final spark of the fire?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	identify	identify	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	spark	spark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which figure |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **identify** | present | the children |  |  |  |  | with the final spark of the fire | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer with spark=Stimulus |
| 3 | **spark** |  | the fire |  |  |  |  |  | nom spark «event intransitive»: of=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}

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The schoolmaster, whom they named as the last spark, after he had shouted at them all day.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e2:o1:1
# text = The schoolmaster, whom they named as the last spark, after he had shouted at them all day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	spark	spark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle · passive |  | the schoolmaster |  |  |  | as the last spark | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as spark=Attribute |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past · perfect | schoolmaster |  |  |  | day | at them *= they* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The old master they called the final glowing coal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e2:o2:1
# text = The old master they called the final glowing coal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | they | the final glowing coal |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent master=Recipient |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The schoolmaster, whom they named as the last spark that burned out by the grate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e2:o3:1
# text = The schoolmaster, whom they named as the last spark that burned out by the grate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	spark	spark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	grate	grate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle · passive |  | the schoolmaster |  |  |  | as the last spark | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as spark=Attribute |
| 2 | **burn out** | past | the schoolmaster |  |  |  |  | by the grate | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by grate=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The schoolmaster, whom they named as the last spark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e2:o4:1
# text = The schoolmaster, whom they named as the last spark
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	spark	spark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle · passive |  | the schoolmaster |  |  |  | as the last spark | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as spark=Attribute |

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