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title: What remark did the fly make upon finding the beetle bound to the ma… — Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beet… · tree and pragmatics
description: What remark did the fly make upon finding the beetle bound to the mast? Exam question 4 of lesson 799 «Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves his wife, and is rescued from the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves h…

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What remark did the fly make upon finding the beetle bound to the mast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fly · **What happens:** be, do, make, find, bind · **To what, where:** beetle

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 799 «Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves his wife, and is rescued from 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/799-pg27200-part10/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e4:1
# text = What remark did the fly make upon finding the beetle bound to the mast?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	remark	remark	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	finding	find	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	beetle	beetle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mast	mast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | present | the fly |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **find** | gerund | the fly *not said here* | the beetle |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beetle=Topic |
| 5 | **bind** | participle |  | the beetle *not said here* |  |  |  | to the mast | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to mast=Co-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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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"What beautiful weather," said the fly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e4:o1:1
# text = "What beautiful weather," said the fly
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
3	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weather** *in a quote* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | beautiful weather | the fly |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fly=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"What a sad sight," said the bee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e4:o2:1
# text = "What a sad sight," said the bee
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sight** *in a quote* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a sad sight | the bee |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bee=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"What wonderful wind," said the wasp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e4:o3:1
# text = "What wonderful wind," said the wasp
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
3	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wasp	wasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wind** *in a quote* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wonderful wind | the wasp |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wasp=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"Hello," said the fly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e4:o4:1
# text = "Hello," said the fly
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hello	hello	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fly |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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