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title: In what manner does the text describe the arrangement of the younges… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner does the text describe the arrangement of the youngest princess's flower-bed in relation to the sun? Exam question 2 of lesson 876 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 87: the sea-princesses dream of the world above the waves» of the books course of Mova's primary school,
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 87: the s…

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In what manner does the text describe the arrangement of the youngest princess's flower-bed in relation to the sun?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** manner, you · **What happens:** do, describe, arrange · **To what, where:** text, arrangement, relation, flower bed

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 876 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 87: the sea-princesses dream of the world above the waves» 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/876-pg27200-part87/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:876-pg27200-part87:e2:1
# text = In what manner does the text describe the arrangement of the youngest princess's flower-bed in relation to the sun?
1	In	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what manner | the text |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent text=Eventuality |
| 2 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the arrangement of the youngest princess's flower bed |  | relation |  | to the sun | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent arrangement=Theme to sun=be' |
| 3 | **arrange** |  |  | the youngest princess's flower bed |  |  |  |  | nom arrangement «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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it is round like the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:876-pg27200-part87:e2:o1:1
# text = it is round like the sun
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	round	round	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | like the sun; round *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it is round, like the moon, containing flowers as white as her light at dusk

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:876-pg27200-part87:e2:o2:1
# text = it is round, like the moon, containing flowers as white as her light at dusk
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	round	round	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	_
11	as	as	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | like the moon; round *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **contain** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **light** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | at dusk | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent at=obl |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it is round, like the sun, containing flowers as red as his rays at sunset

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:876-pg27200-part87:e2:o3:1
# text = it is round, like the sun, containing flowers as red as his rays at sunset
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	round	round	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	rays	ray	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | like the sun; round *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **contain** | gerund | the sun *not said here* | flowers |  |  |  | as red; as his rays at sunset | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot flower=Theme |
| 3 | **ray** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | at sunset | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent at=obl |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it is a plain square bed of roses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:876-pg27200-part87:e2:o4:1
# text = it is a plain square bed of roses
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	square	square	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a plain square bed |  |  |  | of roses | tree rules |

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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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