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title: To which of her sisters' sightings of the surface world does the tex… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer… · tree and pragmatics
description: To which of her sisters' sightings of the surface world does the text attribute the phrase "she was the boldest of them all"? Exam question 3 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 prima
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 87: the s…

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To which of her sisters' sightings of the surface world does the text attribute the phrase "she was the boldest of them all"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she, sisters · **What happens:** do, be, sight · **To what, where:** text attribute, surface world

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:876-pg27200-part87:e3:1
# text = To which of her sisters' sightings of the surface world does the text attribute the phrase "she was the boldest of them all"?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	sightings	sighting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	attribute	attribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	boldest	bold	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	appos	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	_
25	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	24	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the text attribute |  |  |  | of her sisters's sightings of the surface world | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | she |  |  |  |  | of sightings *= sighting*; bold *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sight** |  | her sisters | the surface world |  |  |  |  | nom sighting «act transitive»: poss=agent 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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the fourth sister's stay in the middle of the ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:876-pg27200-part87:e3:o1:1
# text = the fourth sister's stay in the middle of the ocean
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	stay	stay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** |  | the fourth sister |  |  | the middle of the ocean |  |  | nom stay «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the second sister's sunset above the wide sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:876-pg27200-part87:e3:o2:1
# text = the second sister's sunset above the wide sea
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	above	above	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the fifth sister's long journey up the broad river to the sunlit shore beyond the reeds

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:876-pg27200-part87:e3:o3:1
# text = the fifth sister's long journey up the broad river to the sunlit shore beyond the reeds
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fifth	fifth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	sunlit	sunlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **journey** |  | the fifth sister |  |  |  |  | up the broad river to the sunlit shore beyond the reeds | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent up=obl |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the third sister's excursion up the broad river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:876-pg27200-part87:e3:o4:1
# text = the third sister's excursion up the broad river
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	excursion	excursion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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