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title: Upon what did Mr. Miacca sit whilst he awaited the boiling of the pot? — English Fairy Tales, Tommy Grimes: Tom… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what did Mr. Miacca sit whilst he awaited the boiling of the pot? Exam question 4 of lesson 1967 «English Fairy Tales, Tommy Grimes: Tommy tricks Mr. Miacca with a sofa leg and runs home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Tommy Grimes: Tommy tricks Mr. Miacca…

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Upon what did Mr. Miacca sit whilst he awaited the boiling of the pot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Miacca · **What happens:** sit, await · **To what, where:** boiling

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1967 «English Fairy Tales, Tommy Grimes: Tommy tricks Mr. Miacca with a sofa leg and runs home» 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/1967-pg7439-part26/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:e4:1
# text = Upon what did Mr. Miacca sit whilst he awaited the boiling of the pot?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:desc	_	_
5	Miacca	Miacca	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	awaited	await	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past · do-support | Miacca  Mr. |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **await** | past | Miacca | the boiling of the pot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Stool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:e4:o1:1
# text = Stool
1	Stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The chair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:e4:o2:1
# text = The chair
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The sofa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:e4:o3:1
# text = The sofa
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sofa	sofa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1967-pg7439-part26:e4:o4:1
# text = Floor
1	Floor	floor	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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