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title: At what hour did Cinderilla depart from the second ball? — Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla, part 10:… · tree and pragmatics
description: At what hour did Cinderilla depart from the second ball? Exam question 4 of lesson 1085 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla, part 10: a coachman, footmen and a slipper that fits» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 4 · Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla, part 10: a coachman, footmen…

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At what hour did Cinderilla depart from the second ball?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cinderilla · **What happens:** depart · **To what, where:** second ball

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1085 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderilla, part 10: a coachman, footmen and a slipper that fits» 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/1085-pg29021-part10/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1085-pg29021-part10:e4:1
# text = At what hour did Cinderilla depart from the second ball?
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Cinderilla	Cinderilla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | past · do-support | Cinderilla |  |  | the second ball | hour |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from ball=Initial\_Location |

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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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at the stroke of twelve on the palace clock tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1085-pg29021-part10:e4:o1:1
# text = at the stroke of twelve on the palace clock tower
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stroke	stroke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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at the stroke of twelve, just before the clock finished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1085-pg29021-part10:e4:o2:1
# text = at the stroke of twelve, just before the clock finished
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stroke	stroke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | participle |  | the clock *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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

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at the stroke of twelve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1085-pg29021-part10:e4:o3:1
# text = at the stroke of twelve
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stroke	stroke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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at the chime of eleven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1085-pg29021-part10:e4:o4:1
# text = at the chime of eleven
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chime	chime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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