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title: Identify the precise object which the Scottish lady selects for the… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the precise object which the Scottish lady selects for the young gentleman's buttonhole in the garden. Exam question 2 of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» of the books course of Mova's p
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 20…

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Identify the precise object which the Scottish lady selects for the young gentleman's buttonhole in the garden.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Scottish lady · **What happens:** identify, select · **To what, where:** precise object, garden

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» 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/998-pg27200-part209/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:e2:1
# text = Identify the precise object which the Scottish lady selects for the young gentleman's buttonhole in the garden.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	selects	select	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	buttonhole	buttonhole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the precise object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **select** | present | the Scottish lady | the precise object |  | the garden |  | for the young gentleman's buttonhole | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The large thistle flower that the lady picks from the field beyond the wall of the garden

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:e2:o1:1
# text = The large thistle flower that the lady picks from the field beyond the wall of the garden
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	thistle	thistle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	picks	pick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | present | the large thistle flower |  |  |  |  | beyond the wall of the garden; from the field | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent from field=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The yellow lily growing by the water trough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:e2:o2:1
# text = The yellow lily growing by the water trough
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lily	lily	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	trough	trough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | gerund | the yellow lily *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the water trough | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by trough=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The thistle flower growing beyond the palings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:e2:o3:1
# text = The thistle flower growing beyond the palings
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thistle	thistle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palings	paling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | gerund | the thistle flower *not said here* |  |  | the palings |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond paling=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The thistle flower growing outside the palings, which the lady cuts with her shears for the young man

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:e2:o4:1
# text = The thistle flower growing outside the palings, which the lady cuts with her shears for the young man
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thistle	thistle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palings	paling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	shears	shear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | gerund | the thistle flower *not said here* |  |  | the palings |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside paling=Location |
| 2 | **cut** | present | the thistle flower |  |  |  |  | with lady's shears; for the young man | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent which=Product for man=Beneficiary |

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