--- title: Which phrase best describes the day on which the streets are clutter… — Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper,… · tree and pragmatics description: Which phrase best describes the day on which the streets are cluttered with discarded refuse? Exam question 4 of lesson 930 «Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explains the six glasses, the tree in the dust-cart, and Death's omnibus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/930-pg27200-part141/e4/) [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/) / [Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/930-pg27200-part141/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explai… Which phrase best describes the day on which the streets are cluttered with discarded refuse? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** describe, clutter, discard · **To what, where:** streets This is exam question 4 of lesson 930 «Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explains the six glasses, the tree in the dust-cart, and Death's omnibus» 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/930-pg27200-part141/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:e4:1 # text = Which phrase best describes the day on which the streets are cluttered with discarded refuse? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 phrase phrase NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 2 advmod _ _ 4 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 cluttered clutter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 discarded discard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 refuse refuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | | | | day | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **clutter** | present · passive | | the streets | | | on the day | with discarded refuse | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with refuse=Theme | | 3 | **discard** | participle | | | | | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} Sweeping day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:e4:o1:1 # text = Sweeping day 1 Sweeping sweeping ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Trash day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:e4:o2:1 # text = Trash day 1 Trash trash NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Moving-day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:e4:o3:1 # text = Moving-day 1 Moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | gerund | | | | | day | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cleaning-day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:e4:o4:1 # text = Cleaning-day 1 Cleaning cleaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 day day 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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