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title: Which observation did Alonzo record upon his final return to the riv… — Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which observation did Alonzo record upon his final return to the riverbank? Exam question 4 of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 4 · Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest…

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Which observation did Alonzo record upon his final return to the riverbank?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** observation · **What happens:** do, return · **To what, where:** Alonzo record

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» 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/1216-pg3282-part17/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:e4:1
# text = Which observation did Alonzo record upon his final return to the riverbank?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Alonzo	Alonzo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	riverbank	riverbank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which observation | Alonzo record |  |  |  | upon observation's final return to the riverbank | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent record=Eventuality |
| 2 | **return** |  | observation |  |  |  |  | to the riverbank | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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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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A figure in white waving her arms to and fro above the ferns while the moon shone brightly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:e4:o1:1
# text = A figure in white waving her arms to and fro above the ferns while the moon shone brightly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
5	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fro	fro	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	above	above	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ferns	fern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	shone	shine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
18	brightly	brightly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund |  | figure's arms |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 2 | **fro** | infinitive | a figure in white |  |  | the ferns |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **shine** | past | the moon |  |  |  |  | brightly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A dark bird flying low above

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:e4:o2:1
# text = A dark bird flying low above
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	low	low	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	above	above	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund | a dark bird *not said here* |  |  |  |  | above, low *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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A figure in white waving her arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:e4:o3:1
# text = A figure in white waving her arms
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
5	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund | a figure in white *not said here* | her arms |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A tall woman in a white robe, with golden hair streaming behind her, waving both arms wildly to and fro over the water

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:e4:o4:1
# text = A tall woman in a white robe, with golden hair streaming behind her, waving both arms wildly to and fro over the water
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	streaming	stream	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	conj	_	_
17	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	wildly	wildly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	fixed	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	fro	fro	ADV	RB	_	19	conj	_	_
23	over	over	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stream** | gerund | golden hair *not said here* |  |  | the water |  | behind her *= she* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind she=Location |
| 2 | **wave** | gerund | golden hair *not said here* | both arms |  |  |  | wildly *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |

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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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