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title: Which of the twelve months was the first to be called for the passpo… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the twelve months was the first to be called for the passport inspection? Exam question 1 of lesson 887 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1: twelve months arrive by coach, and storks gossip about a lost swan-princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1:…

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Which of the twelve months was the first to be called for the passport inspection?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, call · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 887 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1: twelve months arrive by coach, and storks gossip about a lost swan-princess» 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/887-pg27200-part98/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:e1:1
# text = Which of the twelve months was the first to be called for the passport inspection?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	passport	passport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	inspection	inspection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  | month | first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | for the passport inspection | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: for inspection=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Mr. January

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:e1:o1:1
# text = Mr. January
1	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	January	January	PROPN	NNP	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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Mr. February

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:e1:o2:1
# text = Mr. February
1	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the first passenger on the passport list at the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:e1:o3:1
# text = the first passenger on the passport list at the gate
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	passenger	passenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	passport	passport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the gentleman who came in the coach with the fruit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:e1:o4:1
# text = the gentleman who came in the coach with the fruit
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the gentleman |  |  | the coach |  | with the fruit | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in coach=Location |

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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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