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title: According to the narrator, what distinguishes future events from the… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes o… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the narrator, what distinguishes future events from the hearts of people? Exam question 3 of lesson 839 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 50: the watchman's soul visits the moon, then a volunteer's head sticks in the hospital railings» of the books course of Mova's 
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 50:…

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According to the narrator, what distinguishes future events from the hearts of people?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** accord, distinguish · **To what, where:** future events

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 839 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 50: the watchman's soul visits the moon, then a volunteer's head sticks in the hospital railings» 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/839-pg27200-part50/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:e3:1
# text = According to the narrator, what distinguishes future events from the hearts of people?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
7	distinguishes	distinguish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **distinguish** | present |  | future events |  |  |  | accord the narrator; from the hearts of people | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent event=Theme from heart=Co-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 {#o1}

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The former appear openly to the eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:e3:o1:1
# text = The former appear openly to the eye
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	openly	openly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | the former |  |  |  |  | to the eye; openly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The former are inevitably revealed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:e3:o2:1
# text = The former are inevitably revealed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	inevitably	inevitably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	revealed	reveal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | present · passive |  | the former |  |  |  | inevitably *property* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Future events are shown to everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:e3:o3:1
# text = Future events are shown to everyone
1	Future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · passive |  | Future events | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to everyone=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The former are inevitably revealed while the latter stay hidden from sight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:e3:o4:1
# text = The former are inevitably revealed while the latter stay hidden from sight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	inevitably	inevitably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	revealed	reveal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | present · passive |  | the former |  |  |  | inevitably *property* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive | the latter |  |  |  |  | hidden *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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