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title: Which author is named in the conversation as the writer of a novel n… — Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fort… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which author is named in the conversation as the writer of a novel not yet read? Exam question 3 of lesson 278 «Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Councillor's muddled party ends in the street, and the watchman finds the shoes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Cou…

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Which author is named in the conversation as the writer of a novel not yet read?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** novel · **What happens:** name, not read · **To what, where:** author, conversation

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 278 «Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Councillor's muddled party ends in the street, and the watchman finds the shoes» 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/278-pg1597-part5/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:e3:1
# text = Which author is named in the conversation as the writer of a novel not yet read?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	novel	novel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | present · passive |  | which author |  | the conversation as the writer of a novel |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **read** | infinitive | a novel *not said here* |  |  |  | yet |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Holberg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:e3:o1:1
# text = Holberg
1	Holberg	Holberg	PROPN	NNP	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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Hans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:e3:o2:1
# text = Hans
1	Hans	han	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ewald

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:e3:o3:1
# text = Ewald
1	Ewald	Ewald	PROPN	NNP	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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Heiberg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:e3:o4:1
# text = Heiberg
1	Heiberg	Heiberg	PROPN	NNP	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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