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title: Yo, which of these was the real sign that spring was here? — Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Yea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, which of these was the real sign that spring was here? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1031 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Year: sparrows, Winter and the two children of Spring» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Year: sparrows, Winter…

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Yo, which of these was the real sign that spring was here?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** spring · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** real sign

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1031 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of the Year: sparrows, Winter and the two children of Spring» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/1031-pg27200-part242/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1031-pg27200-part242:t12:1
# text = Yo, which of these was the real sign that spring was here?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the real sign | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | spring | the real sign *not said here* |  |  |  | here *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Snow melting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1031-pg27200-part242:t12:o1:1
# text = Snow melting
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	melting	melting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Flowers blooming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1031-pg27200-part242:t12:o2:1
# text = Flowers blooming
1	Flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	blooming	bloom	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bloom** | gerund | Flowers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Storks flying in from the south

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1031-pg27200-part242:t12:o3:1
# text = Storks flying in from the south
1	Storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly in** | gerund | Storks *not said here* |  |  | the south |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from south=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Frogs croaking by the old pond

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1031-pg27200-part242:t12:o4:1
# text = Frogs croaking by the old pond
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	croaking	croak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **croak** | gerund | Frogs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the old pond | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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