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description: Which term is used in the passage to denote the name given to the machinery in the great circular hall? Exam question 4 of lesson 815 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by lightning, and the Dryad hears of the Paris Exhibition and its doom» of the books course of Mova's primary
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by…

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Which term is used in the passage to denote the name given to the machinery in the great circular hall?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** use, denote, give · **To what, where:** term, passage, name, machinery, great circular hall

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 815 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by lightning, and the Dryad hears of the Paris Exhibition and its doom» 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/815-pg27200-part26/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:e4:1
# text = Which term is used in the passage to denote the name given to the machinery in the great circular hall?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	denote	denote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	machinery	machinery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	circular	circular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | which term |  | the passage |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **denote** | to-infinitive |  | the name |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot name=Topic |
| 3 | **give** | participle |  | the name *not said here* | the machinery | the great circular hall |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to machinery=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Master Bloodless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:e4:o1:1
# text = Master Bloodless
1	Master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Bloodless	Bloodless	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Brass Giant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:e4:o2:1
# text = The Brass Giant
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mister Iron Heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:e4:o3:1
# text = Mister Iron Heart
1	Mister	Mister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Iron	Iron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	Heart	Heart	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The Iron Man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:e4:o4:1
# text = The Iron Man
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Iron	Iron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Man	Man	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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