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title: Upon what occasion did the field-mouse declare that Thumbelina shoul… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina: sh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what occasion did the field-mouse declare that Thumbelina should be married within four weeks? Exam question 1 of lesson 1742 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina: she escapes the mole and weds a flower prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina: she escapes the mole a…

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Upon what occasion did the field-mouse declare that Thumbelina should be married within four weeks?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** occasion · **What happens:** do, marry · **To what, where:** mouse declare

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1742 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina: she escapes the mole and weds a flower prince» 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/1742-pg640-part66/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1742-pg640-part66:e1:1
# text = Upon what occasion did the field-mouse declare that Thumbelina should be married within four weeks?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	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	9	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	declare	declare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	Thumbelina	Thumbelina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	within	within	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | occasion | the mouse declare |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **marry** | should · passive |  | the mouse declare |  |  | week |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 {#o1}

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when the snow covered the field and the stubble was gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1742-pg640-part66:e1:o1:1
# text = when the snow covered the field and the stubble was gone
1	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stubble	stubble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past | the snow | the field |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme field=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | past | the stubble |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
once the swallow had flown back to Denmark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1742-pg640-part66:e1:o2:1
# text = once the swallow had flown back to Denmark
1	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	swallow	swallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	flown	fly	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Denmark	Denmark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly back** | past · perfect · passive |  | the swallow | Denmark |  |  |  | vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to denmark=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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on the day of the spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1742-pg640-part66:e1:o3:1
# text = on the day of the spring
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
upon the arrival of autumn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1742-pg640-part66:e1:o4:1
# text = upon the arrival of autumn
1	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** |  | autumn |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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