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title: In which year does the account place the war of the buccaneers? — Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fort… · tree and pragmatics
description: In which year does the account place the war of the buccaneers? Exam question 4 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 the dependency tre
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Cou…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In which year does the account place the war of the buccaneers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** buccaneers · **What happens:** do, war · **To what, where:** account place

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:e4:1
# text = In which year does the account place the war of the buccaneers?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	buccaneers	buccaneer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the account place  the war of the buccaneers |  |  | year |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality |
| 2 | **war** |  | the buccaneers |  |  |  |  |  | nom war «act intransitive»: of=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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In the year after the great fever swept the town, in the late autumn of 1491

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:e4:o1:1
# text = In the year after the great fever swept the town, in the late autumn of 1491
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	swept	sweep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	1491	1491	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep** | past |  | the town |  |  | autumn; year |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme town=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
1490

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:e4:o2:1
# text = 1490
1	1490	1490	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the fourteen-nineties, the decade after the great plague and the flood of the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:e4:o3:1
# text = In the fourteen-nineties, the decade after the great plague and the flood of the river
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	nineties	ninety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	decade	decade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flood** |  | the river |  |  |  |  |  | nom flood «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
900

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:e4:o4:1
# text = 900
1	900	900	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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