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description: In what location does the little mermaid pass through the strange forest before reaching the witch's dwelling? Exam question 2 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 
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the m…

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In what location does the little mermaid pass through the strange forest before reaching the witch's dwelling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** location · **What happens:** do, pass, reach · **To what, where:** little mermaid, strange forest, dwelling

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e2:1
# text = In what location does the little mermaid pass through the strange forest before reaching the witch's dwelling?
1	In	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	pass	pass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what location | the little mermaid |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mermaid=Eventuality |
| 2 | **pass** | present |  |  |  | the strange forest |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through forest=Location |
| 3 | **reach** | gerund |  | the witch's dwelling |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent dwelling=Theme |

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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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Along a sandy shore of shells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e2:o1:1
# text = Along a sandy shore of shells
1	Along	along	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sandy	sandy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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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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Across a bubbling bog of warm mire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e2:o2:1
# text = Across a bubbling bog of warm mire
1	Across	across	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bubbling	bubble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	bog	bog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mire	mire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bubble** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Over a marsh of cold grey water and tangled reeds near the wrecks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e2:o3:1
# text = Over a marsh of cold grey water and tangled reeds near the wrecks
1	Over	over	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	marsh	marsh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	tangled	tangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
11	near	near	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wrecks	wreck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tangle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Across the great hall of the sunken palace of the sea king and beyond it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e2:o4:1
# text = Across the great hall of the sunken palace of the sea king and beyond it
1	Across	across	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sunken	sunken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	conj	_	_
```

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

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