--- title: Which of the following phrases describes the season during which the… — Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following phrases describes the season during which the events of this passage take place? Exam question 2 of lesson 1011 «Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings hatch under the burdock leaves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1011-pg27200-part222/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 Tales, The Ugly Duckling, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1011-pg27200-part222/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings… Which of the following phrases describes the season during which the events of this passage take place? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** events · **What happens:** follow, describe, take · **To what, where:** place This is exam question 2 of lesson 1011 «Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings hatch under the burdock leaves» 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/1011-pg27200-part222/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:e2:1 # text = Which of the following phrases describes the season during which the events of this passage take place? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 phrases phrase NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 6 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 during during ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 17 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | | | | season | of the following phrases | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | the events of this passage | place | | | during the season | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Lovely summer weather ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:e2:o1:1 # text = Lovely summer weather 1 Lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Cold winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:e2:o2:1 # text = Cold winter 1 Cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Warm autumn sunshine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:e2:o3:1 # text = Warm autumn sunshine 1 Warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Wet spring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:e2:o4:1 # text = Wet spring 1 Wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 spring spring 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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