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title: Which place did spectators occupy in the theatre flies, according to… — Andersen's Tales, Our Aunt: the theatr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which place did spectators occupy in the theatre flies, according to the narrator's account? Exam question 1 of lesson 932 «Andersen's Tales, Our Aunt: the theatre days, a fire scare, and a legacy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Our Aunt: the theatre days, a fire scare…

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Which place did spectators occupy in the theatre flies, according to the narrator's account?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** place, theatre, narrator · **What happens:** occupy, fly, accord, account

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 932 «Andersen's Tales, Our Aunt: the theatre days, a fire scare, and a legacy» 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/932-pg27200-part143/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:932-pg27200-part143:e1:1
# text = Which place did spectators occupy in the theatre flies, according to the narrator's account?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	spectators	spectator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	occupy	occupy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	case	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occupy** | past · do-support | which place |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly** | present | the theatre |  |  |  |  | accord the narrator's account | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **account** |  | the narrator |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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the rooms behind the stage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:932-pg27200-part143:e1:o1:1
# text = the rooms behind the stage
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the seats in the upper gallery at the back of the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:932-pg27200-part143:e1:o2:1
# text = the seats in the upper gallery at the back of the house
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gallery	gallery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the space above the stage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:932-pg27200-part143:e1:o3:1
# text = the space above the stage
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	above	above	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the area beneath the stage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:932-pg27200-part143:e1:o4:1
# text = the area beneath the stage
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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