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title: To what does the phrase "the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage"… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what does the phrase "the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage" refer? Exam question 3 of lesson 295 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bush grows from a teapot and shows an old couple's golden day» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bu…

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To what does the phrase "the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage" refer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** marriage, their · **What happens:** do, refer, marry · **To what, where:** phrase

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 295 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bush grows from a teapot and shows an old couple's golden day» 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/295-pg1597-part22/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:e3:1
# text = To what does the phrase "the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage" refer?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fiftieth	fiftieth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	anniversary	anniversary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
14	refer	refer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the phrase |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phrase=Eventuality |
| 2 | **refer** | infinitive | their marriage *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **marry** *in a quote* |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=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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Their wedding day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:e3:o1:1
# text = Their wedding day
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	day	day	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 party for the couple's new home built long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:e3:o2:1
# text = A party for the couple's new home built long ago
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | a party for the couple's new home |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The fifty-fourth birthday of the wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:e3:o3:1
# text = The fifty-fourth birthday of the wife
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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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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The fiftieth yearly celebration of the couple's wedding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:e3:o4:1
# text = The fiftieth yearly celebration of the couple's wedding
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	fiftieth	fiftieth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	yearly	yearly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** |  |  | the couple's wedding |  |  |  |  | nom celebration «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **wed** |  | the couple |  |  |  |  |  | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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