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description: Upon which book did the light of the setting sun fall within the church? Exam question 3 of lesson 795 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back her soul» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back…

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Upon which book did the light of the setting sun fall within the church?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** book, light · **What happens:** do, fall, light · **To what, where:** setting sun

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 795 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back her soul» 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/795-pg27200-part6/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:e3:1
# text = Upon which book did the light of the setting sun fall within the church?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	within	within	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which book |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fall** | present | the light of the setting sun |  |  |  |  | within the church | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **light** |  |  | the setting sun |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon 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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A cross of gold on the altar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:e3:o1:1
# text = A cross of gold on the altar
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Bible, open at the words of Joel, lying on the altar cloth in the church

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:e3:o2:1
# text = The Bible, open at the words of Joel, lying on the altar cloth in the church
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Joel	Joel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  | the altar cloth |  | in the church | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cloth=Location |
| 2 | **word** |  |  | Joel |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Bible, open at the words of Joel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:e3:o3:1
# text = The Bible, open at the words of Joel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Joel	Joel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **word** |  |  | Joel |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old Bible by the window pane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:e3:o4:1
# text = The old Bible by the window pane
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pane	pane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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