--- title: Ascertain the designation by which, according to the Head Chief, the… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the designation by which, according to the Head Chief, the invention would hereafter be known. Exam question 2 of lesson 86 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3: «a great invention» and the road on Merrow Down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Just So Stories, How the First Letter…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3:… Ascertain the designation by which, according to the Head Chief, the invention would hereafter be known. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, accord, know · **To what, where:** designation, invention This is exam question 2 of lesson 86 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3: «a great invention» and the road on Merrow Down» 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/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the designation by which, according to the Head Chief, the invention would hereafter be known. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 designation designation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 case _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Head Head PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 invention invention NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 hereafter hereafter ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the designation | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **know** | would · passive | | the invention | | | | hereafter *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | 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} Engraving ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:e2:o1:1 # text = Engraving 1 Engraving engraving NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Painting ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:e2:o2:1 # text = Painting 1 Painting painting NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Picture-telling ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:e2:o3:1 # text = Picture-telling 1 Picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 telling telling NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Writing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:e2:o4:1 # text = Writing 1 Writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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