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title: Which sound replaced the ringing of the church bells at dusk? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Anne Lisbeth,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which sound replaced the ringing of the church bells at dusk? Exam question 4 of lesson 793 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 4: the boat sinks, and Anne Lisbeth walks home alone by the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 4: the boat sin…

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Which sound replaced the ringing of the church bells at dusk?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sound · **What happens:** replace, ring · **To what, where:** ringing, church bells

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 793 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 4: the boat sinks, and Anne Lisbeth walks home alone by the sea» 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/793-pg27200-part4/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:793-pg27200-part4:e4:1
# text = Which sound replaced the ringing of the church bells at dusk?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	replaced	replace	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ringing	ringing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **replace** | past | which sound | the ringing of the church bells at dusk |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ringing=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **ring** |  |  | the church bells at dusk |  |  |  |  | nom ringing «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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the whistling of wind in the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:793-pg27200-part4:e4:o1:1
# text = the whistling of wind in the trees
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	whistling	whistling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whistle** |  | wind |  |  | the trees |  |  | nom whistling «event intransitive»: of=agent in=place |

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

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the croaking of frogs in the marshes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:793-pg27200-part4:e4:o2:1
# text = the croaking of frogs in the marshes
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	croaking	croaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	marshes	marsh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **croak** |  | frogs |  |  | the marshes |  |  | nom croaking «communication intransitive»: of=agent in=place |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the loud croaking of many frogs in the marshes beyond the village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:793-pg27200-part4:e4:o3:1
# text = the loud croaking of many frogs in the marshes beyond the village
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	croaking	croaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	marshes	marsh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **croak** |  | many frogs in the marshes beyond the village |  |  |  |  |  | nom croaking «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the croaking of frogs in the marshes below the castle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:793-pg27200-part4:e4:o4:1
# text = the croaking of frogs in the marshes below the castle
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	croaking	croaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	marshes	marsh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	below	below	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **croak** |  | frogs |  |  | the marshes below the castle |  |  | nom croaking «communication intransitive»: of=agent in=place |

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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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