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title: What is the stated significance of the lions and hearts in the Danis… — Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the c… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the stated significance of the lions and hearts in the Danish arms? Exam question 2 of lesson 848 «Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his wooden Holger and tells of the Danish arms, while Holger dreams on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his w…

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What is the stated significance of the lions and hearts in the Danish arms?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stated significance · **What happens:** be, state

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 848 «Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his wooden Holger and tells of the Danish arms, while Holger dreams on» 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/848-pg27200-part59/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e2:1
# text = What is the stated significance of the lions and hearts in the Danish arms?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Danish	danish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the stated significance of the lions in the Danish arms and hearts |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 {#o1}

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honor and wisdom both

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e2:o1:1
# text = honor and wisdom both
1	honor	honor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	both	both	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

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

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strength and gentleness respectively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e2:o2:1
# text = strength and gentleness respectively
1	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	gentleness	gentleness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the lions stand for strength and the hearts for gentleness and love of country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e2:o3:1
# text = the lions stand for strength and the hearts for gentleness and love of country
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	gentleness	gentleness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | the lions |  |  |  |  | for strength and the hearts; for gentleness and love of country | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for strength=Attribute |
| 2 | **love** |  |  | country |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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courage and pride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e2:o4:1
# text = courage and pride
1	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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