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title: Ascertain the date upon which Allied forces landed upon the beaches… — The Second World War · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the date upon which Allied forces landed upon the beaches of Normandy. Exam question 3 of lesson 34 «The Second World War» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 3 · The Second World War

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Ascertain the date upon which Allied forces landed upon the beaches of Normandy.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, date, forces · **What happens:** ascertain, ally, land · **To what, where:** date

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 34 «The Second World War» of the history 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/history/34-the-second-world-war/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the date upon which Allied forces landed upon the beaches of Normandy.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	Allied	ally	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	beaches	beach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Normandy	Normandy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the date |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Topic |
| 2 | **ally** | past | the date |  |  |  |  |  | vn conspire-71 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **land** | past | forces |  |  |  |  | upon the beaches of Normandy | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 fourth of July, seventeen hundred and seventy-six

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:e3:o1:1
# text = The fourth of July, seventeen hundred and seventy-six
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fourth	fourth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The first of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:e3:o2:1
# text = The first of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	first	first	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	September	September	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The eleventh of November, nineteen hundred and eighteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:e3:o3:1
# text = The eleventh of November, nineteen hundred and eighteen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eleventh	eleventh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	November	November	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The sixth of June, nineteen hundred and forty-four

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:34-the-second-world-war:e3:o4:1
# text = The sixth of June, nineteen hundred and forty-four
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sixth	sixth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
```

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

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