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title: On what occasion did the grandfather serve aboard the vessel Denmark? — Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the c… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what occasion did the grandfather serve aboard the vessel Denmark? Exam question 3 of lesson 848 «Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his wooden Holger and tells of the Danish arms, while Holger dreams on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his w…

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On what occasion did the grandfather serve aboard the vessel Denmark?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** grandfather serve, occasion

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 848 «Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his wooden Holger and tells of the Danish arms, while Holger dreams on» 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/848-pg27200-part59/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e3:1
# text = On what occasion did the grandfather serve aboard the vessel Denmark?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	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	7	det	_	_
6	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	serve	serve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	aboard	aboard	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	Denmark	Denmark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the grandfather serve |  | occasion |  | aboard the vessel | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serve=Eventuality |

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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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the engagement of the second of April

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e3:o1:1
# text = the engagement of the second of April
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	engagement	engagement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	April	April	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engage** |  | the second of April |  |  |  |  |  | nom engagement «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the siege of the fortress town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e3:o2:1
# text = the siege of the fortress town
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	siege	siege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fortress	fortress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the sinking of the king's ship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e3:o3:1
# text = the sinking of the king's ship
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sinking	sinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** |  | the king's ship |  |  |  |  |  | nom sinking «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a storm at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:e3:o4:1
# text = a storm at sea
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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