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title: Which character is described as having spoken with the greatest eloq… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from He… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which character is described as having spoken with the greatest eloquence in the burdock forest? Exam question 1 of lesson 847 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plant is lost and a king grieves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plan…

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Which character is described as having spoken with the greatest eloquence in the burdock forest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** describe, speak · **To what, where:** character · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 847 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plant is lost and a king grieves» 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/847-pg27200-part58/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:e1:1
# text = Which character is described as having spoken with the greatest eloquence in the burdock forest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux	_	_
7	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	xcomp	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	eloquence	eloquence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	burdock	burdock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive |  | which character |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | with the greatest eloquence in the burdock forest | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with eloquence=Co-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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The mother-snail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:e1:o1:1
# text = The mother-snail
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The wise old mother-snail who lived under the burdock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:e1:o2:1
# text = The wise old mother-snail who lived under the burdock
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	burdock	burdock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the wise old mother snail |  |  | the burdock |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under burdock=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The grey mother-snail who spoke from the burdock leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:e1:o3:1
# text = The grey mother-snail who spoke from the burdock leaves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	burdock	burdock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the grey mother snail |  |  | the burdock leaves |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The old hedgehog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:e1:o4:1
# text = The old hedgehog
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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