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description: Identify the species of bird described as perching upon the oak prior to the commencement of the narrative. Exam question 1 of lesson 867 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream: a Christmas storm uproots the oak as he dreams of summer and of all the small plants rising up with him» of the 
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream: a Christm…

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Identify the species of bird described as perching upon the oak prior to the commencement of the narrative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, describe, perch · **To what, where:** species, bird, oak

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 867 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream: a Christmas storm uproots the oak as he dreams of summer and of all the small plants rising up with him» 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/867-pg27200-part78/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:e1:1
# text = Identify the species of bird described as perching upon the oak prior to the commencement of the narrative.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	species	species	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	perching	perch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	commencement	commencement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the species of bird |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent species=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  | bird *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **perch** | gerund |  |  |  | the oak prior the commencement of the narrative |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon oak=Location |

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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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Migratory starlings that gathered upon the old branches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:e1:o1:1
# text = Migratory starlings that gathered upon the old branches
1	Migratory	Migratory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	starlings	starling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | Migratory starlings |  |  |  |  | upon the old branches | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Herons and gulls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:e1:o2:1
# text = Herons and gulls
1	Herons	heron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Common blackbirds and thrushes perched in flocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:e1:o3:1
# text = Common blackbirds and thrushes perched in flocks
1	Common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	blackbirds	blackbird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	thrushes	thrush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	perched	perch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flocks	flock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perch** | participle |  | Common blackbirds and thrushes *not said here* |  | flocks |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in flock=Location |

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

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Crows and rooks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:e1:o4:1
# text = Crows and rooks
1	Crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	rooks	rook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	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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