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title: Mate, where does the story actually start, like, the first bit? — Andersen's Tales, A Story from the San… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, where does the story actually start, like, the first bit? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 961 «Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a young Spanish couple sails toward Russia, but calm weather and then a storm blow their ship north» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a y…

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Mate, where does the story actually start, like, the first bit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** start · **To what, where:** story

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 961 «Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a young Spanish couple sails toward Russia, but calm weather and then a storm blow their ship north» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/961-pg27200-part172/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t3:1
# text = Mate, where does the story actually start, like, the first bit?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	start	start	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
14	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present · do-support | Mate | the story |  |  |  | the first bit *obl*; actually *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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way down in Spain, not Jutland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t3:o1:1
# text = way down in Spain, not Jutland
1	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	Jutland	Jutland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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in Spain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t3:o2:1
# text = in Spain
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
way up in Norway, not Spain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t3:o3:1
# text = way up in Norway, not Spain
1	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Norway	Norway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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in Jutland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t3:o4:1
# text = in Jutland
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Jutland	Jutland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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