--- title: At what season did the events of this part take place? — Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted… · tree and pragmatics description: At what season did the events of this part take place? Exam question 4 of lesson 1287 «Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves, part 12: Walter sets off alone into the wood with his toys» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1287-pg3454-part12/e4/) [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/) / [Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1287-pg3454-part12/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves, part 12: Wa… At what season did the events of this part take place? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** season, events · **What happens:** do, take · **To what, where:** place This is exam question 4 of lesson 1287 «Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves, part 12: Walter sets off alone into the wood with his toys» 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/1287-pg3454-part12/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e4:1 # text = At what season did the events of this part take place? 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | season | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | infinitive | the events of this part | place | | | | | 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 {#o1} In early summer, after the harvest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e4:o1:1 # text = In early summer, after the harvest 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} In spring, shortly before Midsummer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e4:o2:1 # text = In spring, shortly before Midsummer 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Midsummer Midsummer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} In autumn, after harvest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e4:o3:1 # text = In autumn, after harvest 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} During the cold winter months ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e4:o4:1 # text = During the cold winter months 1 During during ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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