--- title: Identify the substance which Waldemar Daa sought to produce in his l… — Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the substance which Waldemar Daa sought to produce in his locked room. Exam question 3 of lesson 1028 «Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239: the forest is felled, the ship is never sold, and the gold-making ends in smoke» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1028-pg27200-part239/e3/) [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, Waldemar Daa and His…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1028-pg27200-part239/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239… Identify the substance which Waldemar Daa sought to produce in his locked room. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Waldemar · **What happens:** identify, seek, produce, lock · **To what, where:** substance, locked room This is exam question 3 of lesson 1028 «Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239: the forest is felled, the ship is never sold, and the gold-making ends in smoke» 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/1028-pg27200-part239/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e3:1 # text = Identify the substance which Waldemar Daa sought to produce in his locked room. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 Waldemar Waldemar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 Daa Daa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 produce produce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the substance | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent substance=Theme | | 2 | **seek** | past | Waldemar | the substance | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **produce** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Waldemar *not said here* | | | Waldemar's locked room | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lock** | participle | | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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} Gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e3:o1:1 # text = Gold 1 Gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Silver, which he hoped to produce by a hidden craft of the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e3:o2:1 # text = Silver, which he hoped to produce by a hidden craft of the sea 1 Silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 produce produce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 craft craft NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | past | Silver | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **produce** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Silver *not said here* | | | | | by a hidden craft of the sea | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **craft** | | | the sea | | | | | nom craft «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Silver coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e3:o3:1 # text = Silver coins 1 Silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Gold, which he hoped to obtain by the secret arts of nature ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:e3:o4:1 # text = Gold, which he hoped to obtain by the secret arts of nature 1 Gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 arts art NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | past | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **obtain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | by the secret arts of nature | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | **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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