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title: Identify the figure who appeared beside Babette during her dream. — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the figure who appeared beside Babette during her dream. Exam question 3 of lesson 863 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and Babette near their wedding, then their boat drifts away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and…

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Identify the figure who appeared beside Babette during her dream.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, figure, Babette · **What happens:** identify, appear, dream · **To what, where:** figure, Babette

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 863 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and Babette near their wedding, then their boat drifts away» 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/863-pg27200-part74/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:e3:1
# text = Identify the figure who appeared beside Babette during her dream.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Babette	Babette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the figure |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme |
| 2 | **appear** | past | the figure |  |  | Babette | during Babette's dream |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside babette=Location |
| 3 | **dream** |  | Babette |  |  |  |  |  | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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The tall Swiss guide with a long beard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:e3:o1:1
# text = The tall Swiss guide with a long beard
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Swiss	Swiss	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The young Englishman with golden whiskers, who had come up from London to see the mountains

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:e3:o2:1
# text = The young Englishman with golden whiskers, who had come up from London to see the mountains
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Englishman	Englishman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
11	up	up	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | past · perfect | the young Englishman with golden whiskers |  |  | London |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from london=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the young Englishman with golden whiskers *not said here* | the mountains |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mountain=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The young Englishman with golden whiskers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:e3:o3:1
# text = The young Englishman with golden whiskers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Englishman	Englishman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The tall Frenchman with grey hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:e3:o4:1
# text = The tall Frenchman with grey hair
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Frenchman	frenchman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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