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description: On which edifice did the beacon that drew the Dryad's attention reside? Exam question 3 of lesson 818 «A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the old days, the Dryad dances at Mabille and flies to the red tower, and the fishes gossip» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Exam question 3 · A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the ol…

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On which edifice did the beacon that drew the Dryad's attention reside?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** beacon, Dryad · **What happens:** do, draw, reside, attend · **To what, where:** beacon, edifice, attention

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 818 «A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the old days, the Dryad dances at Mabille and flies to the red tower, and the fishes gossip» 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/818-pg27200-part29/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e3:1
# text = On which edifice did the beacon that drew the Dryad's attention reside?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	edifice	edifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	beacon	beacon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Dryad	Dryad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	reside	reside	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the beacon |  | which edifice |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beacon=Eventuality |
| 2 | **draw** | past | the beacon | the Dryad's attention |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Theme |
| 3 | **reside** | infinitive | the beacon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **attend** |  | the Dryad |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 tall tower of the old church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e3:o1:1
# text = the tall tower of the old church
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the red tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e3:o2:1
# text = the red tower
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tower	tower	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 high bell tower by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e3:o3:1
# text = the high bell tower by the river
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the red tower of the Champ de Mars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e3:o4:1
# text = the red tower of the Champ de Mars
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Champ	Champ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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