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title: Which practice of the Uppsala visitors is described in the narrative? — Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which practice of the Uppsala visitors is described in the narrative? Exam question 3 of lesson 902 «Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a grandmother at the Louvre, a boy's death on the throne, and the people by the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a g…

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Which practice of the Uppsala visitors is described in the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** describe, practice · **To what, where:** practice, narrative, Uppsala visitors

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 902 «Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a grandmother at the Louvre, a boy's death on the throne, and the people by the sea» 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/902-pg27200-part113/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:e3:1
# text = Which practice of the Uppsala visitors is described in the narrative?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Uppsala	Uppsala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive |  | which practice of the Uppsala visitors |  | the narrative |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **practice** |  |  | the Uppsala visitors |  |  |  |  | nom practice «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Removing turf to expose names that had been inscribed long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:e3:o1:1
# text = Removing turf to expose names that had been inscribed long ago
1	Removing	remove	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	turf	turf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	expose	expose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | gerund |  | turf |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turf=Theme |
| 2 | **expose** | to-infinitive |  | names |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot name=Topic |
| 3 | **inscribe** | past · perfect · passive |  | names |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: that=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Removing turf to expose inscribed names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:e3:o2:1
# text = Removing turf to expose inscribed names
1	Removing	remove	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	turf	turf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	expose	expose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | gerund |  | turf |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turf=Theme |
| 2 | **expose** | to-infinitive |  | inscribed names |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot name=Topic |
| 3 | **inscribe** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cutting bark from trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:e3:o3:1
# text = Cutting bark from trees
1	Cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  | bark |  | trees |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset bark=Product from tree=Material |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Digging for buried coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:e3:o4:1
# text = Digging for buried coins
1	Digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for buried coins | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for coin=Theme |
| 2 | **bury** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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