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title: In the passage, by what name is the violent storm-wind described? — Fairy Tales and Stories, The Ice Maide… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the passage, by what name is the violent storm-wind described? Exam question 1 of lesson 854 «Fairy Tales and Stories, The Ice Maiden, part 65: Rudy crosses the mountains and reaches his uncle's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales and Stories, The Ice Maiden, part 65: Rudy cro…

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In the passage, by what name is the violent storm-wind described?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** name · **What happens:** be, describe · **To what, where:** violent storm wind, passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 854 «Fairy Tales and Stories, The Ice Maiden, part 65: Rudy crosses the mountains and reaches his uncle's house» 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/854-pg27200-part65/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:e1:1
# text = In the passage, by what name is the violent storm-wind described?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | name | the violent storm wind |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | participle · passive |  | the violent storm wind |  | the passage |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |

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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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gust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:e1:o1:1
# text = gust
1	gust	gust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the cold north wind of the high passes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:e1:o2:1
# text = the cold north wind of the high passes
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	north	north	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	passes	pass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wind** |  |  | the high passes |  |  |  |  | nom wind «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the storm-wind that blows down from the Alps every winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:e1:o3:1
# text = the storm-wind that blows down from the Alps every winter
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Alps	Alp	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow down** | present | the storm wind |  |  |  | winter | from the Alps | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from alp=Co-Patient |

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

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the fohn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:e1:o4:1
# text = the fohn
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fohn	fohn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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