--- title: With reference to the passage, identify the object which the swan-ma… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics description: With reference to the passage, identify the object which the swan-maidens claim was bound beneath the wings of a swallow. Exam question 2 of lesson 890 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/890-pg27200-part101/e2/) [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 Marsh King…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/890-pg27200-part101/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10… With reference to the passage, identify the object which the swan-maidens claim was bound beneath the wings of a swallow. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, swan maidens · **What happens:** identify, claim, bind · **To what, where:** object This is exam question 2 of lesson 890 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers» 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/890-pg27200-part101/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e2:1 # text = With reference to the passage, identify the object which the swan-maidens claim was bound beneath the wings of a swallow. 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 claim claim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 18 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with reference to the passage | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | the swan maidens | the object | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 3 | **bind** | past · passive | | the object | | | | beneath the wings of a swallow | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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} Oil ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e2:o1:1 # text = Oil 1 Oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Fire ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e2:o2:1 # text = Fire 1 Fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Ash ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e2:o3:1 # text = Ash 1 Ash ash NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Straw ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e2:o4:1 # text = Straw 1 Straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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