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title: State which daughter of Waldemar Daa pleaded on behalf of the nestin… — Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His… · tree and pragmatics
description: State which daughter of Waldemar Daa pleaded on behalf of the nesting birds. Exam question 1 of lesson 1028 «Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239: the forest is felled, the ship is never sold, and the gold-making ends in smoke» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239…

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State which daughter of Waldemar Daa pleaded on behalf of the nesting birds.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** daughter · **What happens:** plead, nest · **To what, where:** State, behalf

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1028 «Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239: the forest is felled, the ship is never sold, and the gold-making ends in smoke» 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/1028-pg27200-part239/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e1:1
# text = State which daughter of Waldemar Daa pleaded on behalf of the nesting birds.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Waldemar	Waldemar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	Daa	Daa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	pleaded	plead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	nesting	nest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plead** *speech: request* | past | which daughter of Waldemar | State |  | behalf of the nesting birds |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **nest** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Anna Dorothea, the youngest of the three daughters, pleaded with her father for mercy

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e1:o1:1
# text = Anna Dorothea, the youngest of the three daughters, pleaded with her father for mercy
1	Anna	Anna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Dorothea	Dorothea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	pleaded	plead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plead** *speech: request* | participle |  | the three daughters *not said here* |  |  |  | with Anna's father for mercy | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Anna Dorothea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e1:o2:1
# text = Anna Dorothea
1	Anna	Anna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Dorothea	Dorothea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The youngest daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e1:o3:1
# text = The youngest daughter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	daughter	daughter	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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Joanna, the eldest, who pleaded with the old lord for the storks and the trees in the wood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e1:o4:1
# text = Joanna, the eldest, who pleaded with the old lord for the storks and the trees in the wood
1	Joanna	Joanna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pleaded	plead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plead** *speech: request* | past |  |  |  | the wood |  | with the old lord for the storks and the trees | tree rules |

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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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