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title: Identify the agent that uprooted the oak during the nocturnal tempes… — Andersen's Tales, The Old Oak Tree's L… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the agent that uprooted the oak during the nocturnal tempest at Christmas. Exam question 2 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 p
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream: a Christm…

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Identify the agent that uprooted the oak during the nocturnal tempest at Christmas.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, agent · **What happens:** identify, uproot · **To what, where:** agent, oak

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:e2:1
# text = Identify the agent that uprooted the oak during the nocturnal tempest at Christmas.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	uprooted	uproot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	tempest	tempest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 agent |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme |
| 2 | **uproot** | past | the agent | the oak |  |  | during the nocturnal tempest at Christmas |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oak=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 {#o1}

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A fierce gale sweeping in from the northern sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:e2:o1:1
# text = A fierce gale sweeping in from the northern sea
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gale	gale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sweeping	sweep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep in** | gerund | a fierce gale *not said here* |  |  | the northern sea |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from sea=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A violent storm that howled through the wood all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:e2:o2:1
# text = A violent storm that howled through the wood all night
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	howled	howl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **howl** | past | a violent storm |  |  | the wood | night |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A cruel frost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:e2:o3:1
# text = A cruel frost
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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A mighty storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:e2:o4:1
# text = A mighty storm
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	storm	storm	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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