--- title: What object does the narrative identify as the final trace of Helga… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: He… · tree and pragmatics description: What object does the narrative identify as the final trace of Helga upon the spot where she stood? Exam question 4 of lesson 897 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga goes to heaven for three minutes and returns to find a night gone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/897-pg27200-part108/e4/) [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 Storks: He…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/897-pg27200-part108/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga goes to heaven f… What object does the narrative identify as the final trace of Helga upon the spot where she stood? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, narrative · **What happens:** do, identify, stand This is exam question 4 of lesson 897 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks: Helga goes to heaven for three minutes and returns to find a night gone» 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/897-pg27200-part108/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:897-pg27200-part108:e4:1 # text = What object does the narrative identify as the final trace of Helga upon the spot where she stood? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 identify identify VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Helga Helga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | what object | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **identify** | present | the narrative | | | | | as the final trace of Helga upon the spot | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as trace=Attribute | | 3 | **stand** | past | narrative | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} a broken marble stone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:897-pg27200-part108:e4:o1:1 # text = a broken marble stone 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 3 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} a faded lotus-flower and the priest's old ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:897-pg27200-part108:e4:o2:1 # text = a faded lotus-flower and the priest's old ring 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 faded fade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 3 lotus lotus NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fade** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a faded lotus-flower ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:897-pg27200-part108:e4:o3:1 # text = a faded lotus-flower 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 faded fade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 3 lotus lotus NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fade** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} a faded lotus-flower lying on the grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:897-pg27200-part108:e4:o4:1 # text = a faded lotus-flower lying on the grass 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 faded fade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 3 lotus lotus NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fade** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **lie** | gerund | a faded lotus flower *not said here* | | | the grass | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on grass=Location | **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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