--- title: In what manner did the young wife's handkerchief distinguish itself… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House:… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did the young wife's handkerchief distinguish itself upon the soldier's recovery? Exam question 2 of lesson 922 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found again in a new garden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/922-pg27200-part133/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 Old House:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/922-pg27200-part133/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldie… In what manner did the young wife's handkerchief distinguish itself upon the soldier's recovery? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** handkerchief, soldier · **What happens:** do, distinguish, recover · **To what, where:** manner, handkerchief This is exam question 2 of lesson 922 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found again in a new garden» 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/922-pg27200-part133/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:e2:1 # text = In what manner did the young wife's handkerchief distinguish itself upon the soldier's recovery? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 distinguish distinguish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 recovery recovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | what manner | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **distinguish** | present | the young wife's handkerchief | handkerchief | | | | upon the soldier's recovery | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute itself=Theme | | 3 | **recover** | | the soldier | | | | | | nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=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} it released a soft and gentle fragrance ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:e2:o1:1 # text = it released a soft and gentle fragrance 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 released release VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **release** | past | it | a soft fragrance | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer fragrance=Source | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} it emitted a pleasant and beautiful perfume ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:e2:o2:1 # text = it emitted a pleasant and beautiful perfume 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 emitted emit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 perfume perfume NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **emit** | past | it | a pleasant perfume | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source perfume=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} it gave off a sweet and lovely scent ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:e2:o3:1 # text = it gave off a sweet and lovely scent 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sweet sweet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 scent scent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give off** | past | it | a sweet and lovely scent | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source sweet=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} it smelled of roses ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:e2:o4:1 # text = it smelled of roses 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 smelled smell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smell** | past | it | | | | | of roses | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of rose=Theme | **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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