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title: Identify the individual who occupied the garret and the cause for wh… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who T… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the individual who occupied the garret and the cause for which the goblin lingered in the huckster's household. Exam question 4 of lesson 833 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, part 44: Inge is freed as a little bird, does good deeds all winter, and turns white» of the 
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, par…

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Identify the individual who occupied the garret and the cause for which the goblin lingered in the huckster's household.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, individual · **What happens:** identify, occupy, linger · **To what, where:** individual, garret, goblin

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 833 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, part 44: Inge is freed as a little bird, does good deeds all winter, and turns white» 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/833-pg27200-part44/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:833-pg27200-part44:e4:1
# text = Identify the individual who occupied the garret and the cause for which the goblin lingered in the huckster's household.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	occupied	occupy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garret	garret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	lingered	linger	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	huckster	huckster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the individual |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent individual=Theme |
| 2 | **occupy** | past | the individual | the garret and the cause  the goblin |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus garret=Experiencer |
| 3 | **linger** | participle |  | the goblin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The huckster lived in the garret, the goblin stayed for the cheese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:833-pg27200-part44:e4:o1:1
# text = The huckster lived in the garret, the goblin stayed for the cheese
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	huckster	huckster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garret	garret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the huckster |  |  | the garret |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garret=Location |
| 2 | **stay** | past | the goblin |  |  |  |  | for the cheese | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The student occupied the garret, and the goblin remained for the Christmas jam and butter, and also to steal the wife's tongue

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:833-pg27200-part44:e4:o2:1
# text = The student occupied the garret, and the goblin remained for the Christmas jam and butter, and also to steal the wife's tongue
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	occupied	occupy	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	garret	garret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	also	also	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	steal	steal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	's	PART	POS	_	23	case	_	_
25	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occupy** | past | the student | the garret |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus garret=Experiencer |
| 2 | **remain** | past | the goblin |  |  |  |  | for the Christmas jam and butter | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **steal** | to-infinitive |  | the wife's tongue |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tongue=Theme |

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

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The student occupied the garret, and the goblin remained for the Christmas jam and butter

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:833-pg27200-part44:e4:o3:1
# text = The student occupied the garret, and the goblin remained for the Christmas jam and butter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	occupied	occupy	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	garret	garret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occupy** | past | the student | the garret |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus garret=Experiencer |
| 2 | **remain** | past | the goblin |  |  |  |  | for the Christmas jam and butter | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The student lived in the attic and the goblin stayed for cheese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:833-pg27200-part44:e4:o4:1
# text = The student lived in the attic and the goblin stayed for cheese
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	attic	attic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the student |  |  | the attic |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in attic=Location |
| 2 | **stay** | past | the goblin |  |  |  |  | for cheese | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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