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title: Which of the following describes the setting in which the Viking's h… — Andersen's Tales, The Marsh King's Dau… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the setting in which the Viking's household is situated, as stated in this part? Exam question 2 of lesson 891 «Andersen's Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 102: Helga grows wild, and the Vikings bring home a Christian priest.» of the books course of Mova's prim
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 102: Hel…

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Which of the following describes the setting in which the Viking's household is situated, as stated in this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, describe, situate, state · **To what, where:** setting, household, part

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 891 «Andersen's Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 102: Helga grows wild, and the Vikings bring home a Christian priest.» 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/891-pg27200-part102/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:891-pg27200-part102:e2:1
# text = Which of the following describes the setting in which the Viking's household is situated, as stated in this part?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Viking	Viking	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
21	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **describe** | present |  | the setting |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent setting=Theme |
| 3 | **situate** | present · passive |  | the Viking's household |  | the setting |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination |
| 4 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  | this part |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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On the wild moor beside the dark fjord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:891-pg27200-part102:e2:o1:1
# text = On the wild moor beside the dark fjord
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fjord	fjord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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On the moor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:891-pg27200-part102:e2:o2:1
# text = On the moor
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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On the wild moor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:891-pg27200-part102:e2:o3:1
# text = On the wild moor
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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In the frozen hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:891-pg27200-part102:e2:o4:1
# text = In the frozen hills
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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