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title: What was the nature of the disturbance which ruined the wedding garm… — Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the nature of the disturbance which ruined the wedding garments? Exam question 4 of lesson 1291 «Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is found, then Puck starts his pranks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is fo…

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What was the nature of the disturbance which ruined the wedding garments?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature, disturbance · **What happens:** be, ruin · **To what, where:** wedding garments

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1291 «Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is found, then Puck starts his pranks» 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/1291-pg3454-part16/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e4:1
# text = What was the nature of the disturbance which ruined the wedding garments?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	disturbance	disturbance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the nature of the disturbance |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ruin** | past | the disturbance | the wedding garments |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Patient |

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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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The loud noise of a cart rolling over the wooden bridge into the town square

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e4:o1:1
# text = The loud noise of a cart rolling over the wooden bridge into the town square
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | gerund | the loud noise of a cart *not said here* |  |  | the wooden bridge |  | into the town square | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme over bridge=Source into square=Trajectory |
| 2 | **noise** |  | a cart |  |  |  |  |  | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A sudden loud crick crack noise that came from the church tower above

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e4:o2:1
# text = A sudden loud crick crack noise that came from the church tower above
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	crick	crick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	above	above	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a sudden loud crack noise |  |  | the church tower |  | above *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from tower=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A sudden loud thud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e4:o3:1
# text = A sudden loud thud
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	thud	thud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A loud crick crack noise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e4:o4:1
# text = A loud crick crack noise
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	crick	crick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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