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title: Which species of plant is designated by the term "Ranunculus" as emp… — Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which species of plant is designated by the term "Ranunculus" as employed in this passage? Exam question 4 of lesson 289 «Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old woman's garden asks the flowers about Kay» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old wom…

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Which species of plant is designated by the term "Ranunculus" as employed in this passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** term · **What happens:** designate, employ · **To what, where:** species, passage

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 289 «Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old woman's garden asks the flowers about Kay» 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/289-pg1597-part16/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:e4:1
# text = Which species of plant is designated by the term "Ranunculus" as employed in this passage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Ranunculus	Ranunculus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **designate** | present · passive | the term | which species of plant |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **employ** | participle | the term *not said here* |  |  | this passage |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: 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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A lily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:e4:o1:1
# text = A lily
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lily	lily	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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A rose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:e4:o2:1
# text = A rose
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rose	rose	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 buttercup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:e4:o3:1
# text = The buttercup
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	buttercup	buttercup	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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The daisy plant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:e4:o4:1
# text = The daisy plant
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	daisy	daisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plant	plant	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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