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title: What did the aged snails regard as the highest distinction of their… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Fami… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the aged snails regard as the highest distinction of their lineage? Exam question 3 of lesson 846 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails find a wife for their adopted son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails f…

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What did the aged snails regard as the highest distinction of their lineage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** aged snails · **What happens:** do, regard, distinguish · **To what, where:** lineage

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 846 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails find a wife for their adopted son» 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/846-pg27200-part57/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:e3:1
# text = What did the aged snails regard as the highest distinction of their lineage?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	snails	snail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	regard	regard	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	lineage	lineage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **regard** | present | the aged snails |  |  |  |  | as the highest distinction of snails's lineage | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent as distinction=Value |
| 3 | **distinguish** |  |  | snails's lineage |  |  |  |  | nom distinction «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Their claim that they were descended from a noble line that had once ruled the whole garden

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:e3:o1:1
# text = Their claim that they were descended from a noble line that had once ruled the whole garden
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	descended	descend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	14	advmod	_	_
14	ruled	rule	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | past · passive |  | they |  | a noble line |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **rule** | past · perfect · passive |  | a noble line |  |  |  | once *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme garden=Result |
| 3 | **claim** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Their claim to be served on gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:e3:o2:1
# text = Their claim to be served on gold
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | gold |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute» |
| 2 | **claim** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Their supposed right to be boiled and served on a silver dish at every grand feast

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:e3:o3:1
# text = Their supposed right to be boiled and served on a silver dish at every grand feast
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	boiled	boil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
15	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suppose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **boil** | to-infinitive · passive |  | Their supposed right |  |  |  | at every grand feast; on a silver dish | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient on dish=Instrument |
| 3 | **serve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

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

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Their supposed right to be served on silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:e3:o4:1
# text = Their supposed right to be served on silver
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suppose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **serve** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | silver |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute» |

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