--- title: On what date did the calendar indicate the Princess's birthday would… — Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The P… · tree and pragmatics description: On what date did the calendar indicate the Princess's birthday would fall? Exam question 2 of lesson 638 «Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6: the dragon's birthday plot is revealed and the Princess is offered as a present» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/638-pg23661-part6/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The P…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/638-pg23661-part6/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6… On what date did the calendar indicate the Princess's birthday would fall? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** birthday · **What happens:** do, indicate, fall · **To what, where:** calendar, date This is exam question 2 of lesson 638 «Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6: the dragon's birthday plot is revealed and the Princess is offered as a present» 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/638-pg23661-part6/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e2:1 # text = On what date did the calendar indicate the Princess's birthday would fall? 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 calendar calendar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 indicate indicate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the calendar | | date | | | tree rules | | 2 | **indicate** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic | | 3 | **fall** | would | the Princess's birthday | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the fifteenth of August ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e2:o1:1 # text = the fifteenth of August 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fifteenth fifteenth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 August August PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} June 3rd ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e2:o2:1 # text = June 3rd 1 June June PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 3rd 3rd NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the eighteenth of July ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e2:o3:1 # text = the eighteenth of July 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eighteenth eighteenth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 July July PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the first of May ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:e2:o4:1 # text = the first of May 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 first first NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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