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description: Which of the following describes the mermaid's condition upon her first waking at the palace? Exam question 1 of lesson 880 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the mermaid gets legs, dances for the prince, and sails away with him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the m…

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Which of the following describes the mermaid's condition upon her first waking at the palace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mermaid · **What happens:** follow, be, wake · **To what, where:** palace

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 880 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the mermaid gets legs, dances for the prince, and sails away with him» 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/880-pg27200-part91/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the mermaid's condition upon her first waking at the palace?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	waking	waking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 mermaid's condition; upon mermaid's first waking at the palace | tree rules |
| 3 | **wake** |  | mermaid |  |  | the palace |  |  | nom waking «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent at=place |

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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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She had human legs but no clothing and could not speak, though she could still hear everything the prince said to her at court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:e1:o1:1
# text = She had human legs but no clothing and could not speak, though she could still hear everything the prince said to her at court
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	still	still	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
18	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	17	obj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obl	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | human legs but no clothing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | could | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hear** | could | she | everything |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the prince |  | her *= she* | court |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She had human legs but no clothing and could not speak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:e1:o2:1
# text = She had human legs but no clothing and could not speak
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | human legs but no clothing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | could | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She had human legs, no clothes, and was sure she could sing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:e1:o3:1
# text = She had human legs, no clothes, and was sure she could sing
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | human legs and no clothes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | could | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She had a fish tail and was clothed in silver cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:e1:o4:1
# text = She had a fish tail and was clothed in silver cloth
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	clothed	clothe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | a fish tail |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |
| 2 | **clothe** | past · passive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in silver cloth | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: in cloth=Theme |

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