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title: Which individual was the first to acquire the bottle at the commence… — Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck: a b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which individual was the first to acquire the bottle at the commencement of this passage? Exam question 1 of lesson 805 «Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck: a bottle finds a new owner, a sailor's farewell, and a foreign shore» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck: a bottle finds a new ow…

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Which individual was the first to acquire the bottle at the commencement of this passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** individual · **What happens:** be, acquire · **To what, where:** bottle, commencement

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 805 «Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck: a bottle finds a new owner, a sailor's farewell, and a foreign shore» 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/805-pg27200-part16/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:805-pg27200-part16:e1:1
# text = Which individual was the first to acquire the bottle at the commencement of this passage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	commencement	commencement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | which individual |  |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **acquire** | to-infinitive |  | the bottle |  | the commencement of this passage |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bottle=Theme |

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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 young sailor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:805-pg27200-part16:e1:o1:1
# text = the young sailor
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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the furrier's apprentice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:805-pg27200-part16:e1:o2:1
# text = the furrier's apprentice
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	furrier	furrier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	apprentice	apprentice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the old furrier's apprentice and his friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:805-pg27200-part16:e1:o3:1
# text = the old furrier's apprentice and his friend
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	furrier	furrier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	apprentice	apprentice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the furrier's daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:805-pg27200-part16:e1:o4:1
# text = the furrier's daughter
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	furrier	furrier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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