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title: What month is it when we arrive? — Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular… · tree and pragmatics
description: What month is it when we arrive? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…

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What month is it when we arrive?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» 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/802-pg27200-part13/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t10:1
# text = What month is it when we arrive?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	arrive	arrive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | arrive *property* | tree rules |

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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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Midsummer, bro, the bright night that never really gets dark, and the birds are singing all night

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t10:o1:1
# text = Midsummer, bro, the bright night that never really gets dark, and the birds are singing all night
1	Midsummer	midsummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
20	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | present |  | the bright night |  |  |  | dark *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present · progressive | the birds |  |  |  | night |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
March, the snow and frost, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t10:o2:1
# text = March, the snow and frost, mate
1	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	list	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
June, the bright night, no joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t10:o3:1
# text = June, the bright night, no joke
1	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
June, the bright night, no joke, when the sun barely sets over the sea and the moor glows

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t10:o4:1
# text = June, the bright night, no joke, when the sun barely sets over the sea and the moor glows
1	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	sets	set	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	glows	glow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | present | the sun |  |  | the sea |  | barely *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent over sea=Destination |
| 2 | **glow** | present | the moor |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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