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title: Identify the day upon which the events of this passage are described… — Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the day upon which the events of this passage are described as taking place. Exam question 4 of lesson 811 «Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a poor daisy while the proud flowers sulk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a po…

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Identify the day upon which the events of this passage are described as taking place.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, describe, take · **To what, where:** events, place

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 811 «Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a poor daisy while the proud flowers sulk» 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/811-pg27200-part22/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:e4:1
# text = Identify the day upon which the events of this passage are described as taking place.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
15	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **describe** | present · passive |  | the events of this passage |  |  | upon the day |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | gerund |  | place |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=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 Monday morning when all the children were at school and the lark flew down to the daisy

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:e4:o1:1
# text = The Monday morning when all the children were at school and the lark flew down to the daisy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lark	lark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	down	down	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	daisy	daisy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | all children |  |  | school and the lark |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly down** | past | the Monday morning |  |  |  |  | to the daisy *result*; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to daisy=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Monday, when the children went to school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:e4:o2:1
# text = Monday, when the children went to school
1	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the children |  |  | school | monday |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial\_Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Monday, when all the children were at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:e4:o3:1
# text = Monday, when all the children were at school
1	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | all children |  |  | school |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Monday, when all the children were at school and the garden was empty of people for the whole day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:e4:o4:1
# text = Monday, when all the children were at school and the garden was empty of people for the whole day
1	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | all children |  |  | school and the garden |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | Monday |  |  |  | day | of people; empty *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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