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title: why was everyone rushing to the Exhibition, like what's the big deal? — Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26:… · tree and pragmatics
description: why was everyone rushing to the Exhibition, like what's the big deal? Test 3 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by…

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why was everyone rushing to the Exhibition, like what's the big deal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone · **What happens:** rush, be · **To what, where:** big deal

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This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t3:1
# text = why was everyone rushing to the Exhibition, like what's the big deal?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rushing	rush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush** | past · progressive | everyone |  |  |  |  | to the Exhibition *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to exhibition=Result |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the big deal |  |  |  |  | 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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it was a brand new marvel that pulled in people from around

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t3:o1:1
# text = it was a brand new marvel that pulled in people from around
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	brand	brand	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	marvel	marvel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	around	around	ADV	RB	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a new marvel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull** | past | a new marvel |  |  |  |  | in people | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from around=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
just a fair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t3:o2:1
# text = just a fair
1	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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it was a wicked new wonder that drew folk from every country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t3:o3:1
# text = it was a wicked new wonder that drew folk from every country
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wonder	wonder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a wicked new wonder |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **draw** | past | a wicked new wonder | folk |  | every country |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent folk=Theme from country=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they wanted to see the new hall and the machines inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t3:o4:1
# text = they wanted to see the new hall and the machines inside
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
11	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | they |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the new hall |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hall=Stimulus |

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