--- title: Did the clerk find her in the morning or the evening? — Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the se… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the clerk find her in the morning or the evening? Test 11 · ★ 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's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/795-pg27200-part6/t11/) [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/) / [Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the se…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/795-pg27200-part6/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back… Did the clerk find her in the morning or the evening? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** clerk · **What happens:** find · **To what, where:** her This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 795 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, the sea spectre gives back her soul» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:t11:1 # text = Did the clerk find her in the morning or the evening? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past · do-support | the clerk | her *= she* | | | morning | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | 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} Towards evening, when he rang out the hymn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:t11:o1:1 # text = Towards evening, when he rang out the hymn 1 Towards toward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 compound _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hymn hymn NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring out** | past | he | the hymn | | | evening | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hymn=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Early at dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:t11:o2:1 # text = Early at dawn 1 Early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} In the morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:t11:o3:1 # text = In the morning 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Towards evening, as he went to toll the bell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:795-pg27200-part6:t11:o4:1 # text = Towards evening, as he went to toll the bell 1 Towards toward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 compound _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 toll toll VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | | | | evening | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **toll** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the bell | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme | **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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