--- title: State the number of Will-o'-the-Wisps born at the christening feast… — Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp… · tree and pragmatics description: State the number of Will-o'-the-Wisps born at the christening feast in the marsh. Exam question 2 of lesson 1026 «Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 237: the Moor-woman shows the man her cupboard of poetry and tells him about the new Will-o'-the-Wisps born in the marsh» of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1026-pg27200-part237/e2/) [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's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1026-pg27200-part237/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 2… State the number of Will-o'-the-Wisps born at the christening feast in the marsh. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, bear · **To what, where:** number, Wisps, christening feast This is exam question 2 of lesson 1026 «Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 237: the Moor-woman shows the man her cupboard of poetry and tells him about the new Will-o'-the-Wisps born in the marsh» 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/1026-pg27200-part237/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e2:1 # text = State the number of Will-o'-the-Wisps born at the christening feast in the marsh. 1 State state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 5 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Wisps Wisp PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 13 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of the Wisps | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **bear** | participle | | the Wisps *not said here* | | the christening feast in the marsh | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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} Twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e2:o1:1 # text = Twelve 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Thirteen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e2:o2:1 # text = Thirteen 1 Thirteen thirteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Thirty-six Will-o'-the-Wisps born at the feast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e2:o3:1 # text = Thirty-six Will-o'-the-Wisps born at the feast 1 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Wisps Wisp PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 1 appos _ _ 12 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | participle | | the Wisps *not said here* | | the feast | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Twenty-four Will-o'-the-Wisps born at the feast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e2:o4:1 # text = Twenty-four Will-o'-the-Wisps born at the feast 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 4 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Wisps Wisp PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 appos _ _ 12 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | participle | | the Wisps *not said here* | | the feast | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | **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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