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title: Which request did the listeners make at the close of the first story? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which request did the listeners make at the close of the first story? Exam question 1 of lesson 826 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 37: the tree is thrown out and its gold star is pulled off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 37: the tree is…

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Which request did the listeners make at the close of the first story?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** request, listeners · **What happens:** do, make · **To what, where:** close

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 826 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 37: the tree is thrown out and its gold star is pulled off» 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/826-pg27200-part37/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:e1:1
# text = Which request did the listeners make at the close of the first story?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	listeners	listener	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which request |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | the listeners |  |  | the close of the first story |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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a tale about a brave prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:e1:o1:1
# text = a tale about a brave prince
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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another tale, namely of Ivede-Avede and the three golden birds of the king

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:e1:o2:1
# text = another tale, namely of Ivede-Avede and the three golden birds of the king
1	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	namely	namely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ivede	Ivede	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Avede	Avede	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
12	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** |  | Ivede and Avede and the three golden birds of the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
another tale, namely of Ivede-Avede

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:e1:o3:1
# text = another tale, namely of Ivede-Avede
1	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	namely	namely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ivede	Ivede	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Avede	Avede	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** |  | Ivede and Avede |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
one more song, and then bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:e1:o4:1
# text = one more song, and then bed
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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