--- title: Which of the following constitutes the principal sacrifice demanded… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following constitutes the principal sacrifice demanded by the sea witch in exchange for the draught? Exam question 1 of lesson 879 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the mermaid sneaks off to the sea witch and pays a terrible price» of the books course of Mova's prima --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/879-pg27200-part90/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/879-pg27200-part90/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the m… Which of the following constitutes the principal sacrifice demanded by the sea witch in exchange for the draught? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be, demand · **To what, where:** principal sacrifice, exchange This is exam question 1 of lesson 879 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the mermaid sneaks off to the sea witch and pays a terrible price» 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/879-pg27200-part90/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e1:1 # text = Which of the following constitutes the principal sacrifice demanded by the sea witch in exchange for the draught? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 case _ _ 5 constitutes constitute AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 demanded demand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | of the principal sacrifice | tree rules | | 3 | **demand** *speech: request* | participle | | the principal sacrifice *not said here* | | exchange for the draught | | by the sea witch | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | 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} Her voice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e1:o1:1 # text = Her voice 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The loss of the mermaid's golden hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e1:o2:1 # text = The loss of the mermaid's golden hair 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Her gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e1:o3:1 # text = Her gold 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The surrender of the mermaid's voice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e1:o4:1 # text = The surrender of the mermaid's voice 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 surrender surrender NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surrender** | | | the mermaid's voice | | | | | nom surrender «feeling transitive»: of=patient | **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. 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