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description: What reason does the narrator assign for the goblin's continued attachment to the huckster's household, despite his longing for the student? Exam question 3 of lesson 834 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goblin and the Huckster: the fire breaks out and the goblin saves the student's book» of the books c
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goblin and the Huckster: the f…

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What reason does the narrator assign for the goblin's continued attachment to the huckster's household, despite his longing for the student?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason, goblin · **What happens:** do, continue, attach, long · **To what, where:** narrator assign

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 834 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goblin and the Huckster: the fire breaks out and the goblin saves the student's book» 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/834-pg27200-part45/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:834-pg27200-part45:e3:1
# text = What reason does the narrator assign for the goblin's continued attachment to the huckster's household, despite his longing for the student?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	assign	assign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	attachment	attachment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	huckster	huckster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	despite	despite	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	longing	longing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what reason | the narrator assign |  |  |  | for the goblin's continued attachment to the huckster's household and reason's longing for the student | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assign=Eventuality |
| 2 | **continue** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **attach** |  | the goblin |  |  |  |  | to the huckster's household | nom attachment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
| 4 | **long** |  | reason |  |  |  |  | for the student | nom longing «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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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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He loves the huckster's wife more than the student dearly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:834-pg27200-part45:e3:o1:1
# text = He loves the huckster's wife more than the student dearly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	huckster	huckster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	dearly	dearly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | He | the huckster's wife |  |  |  | dearly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because of the jam, which the narrator presents as human nature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:834-pg27200-part45:e3:o2:1
# text = Because of the jam, which the narrator presents as human nature
1	Because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	4	case	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	presents	present	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | present | the narrator |  |  |  |  | because the jam; as human nature | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |

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

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The goblin remains attached to the huckster because of the jam, which the narrator presents as a representation of human nature

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:834-pg27200-part45:e3:o3:1
# text = The goblin remains attached to the huckster because of the jam, which the narrator presents as a representation of human nature
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	attached	attach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	huckster	huckster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	presents	present	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	representation	representation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | the goblin |  |  |  |  | to the huckster; because the jam | tree rules |
| 2 | **attach** | participle | the goblin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **present** | present | the narrator | the jam |  |  |  | as a representation of human nature | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 4 | **represent** |  |  | human nature |  |  |  |  | nom representation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The goblin remains attached to the huckster because of the jam, which the narrator presents as a representation of human nature and the pleasures of the shop

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:834-pg27200-part45:e3:o4:1
# text = The goblin remains attached to the huckster because of the jam, which the narrator presents as a representation of human nature and the pleasures of the shop
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	attached	attach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	huckster	huckster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	presents	present	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	representation	representation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	pleasures	pleasure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | the goblin |  |  |  |  | to the huckster; because the jam | tree rules |
| 2 | **attach** | participle | the goblin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **present** | present | the narrator | the jam |  |  |  | as a representation of human nature and the pleasures of the shop | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 4 | **represent** |  |  | human nature |  |  |  |  | nom representation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **please** |  |  | the shop |  |  |  |  | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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