--- title: Which of the following was the eldest son of the old man? — Olive Fairy Book, The Three Treasures… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following was the eldest son of the old man? Exam question 1 of lesson 1166 «Olive Fairy Book, The Three Treasures of the Giants, part 1: three brothers find a castle of money, and Jack gets the last word» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1166-pg3027-part32/e1/) [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/) / [Olive Fairy Book, The Three Treasures…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1166-pg3027-part32/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Olive Fairy Book, The Three Treasures of the Giants, part… Which of the following was the eldest son of the old man? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be This is exam question 1 of lesson 1166 «Olive Fairy Book, The Three Treasures of the Giants, part 1: three brothers find a castle of money, and Jack gets the last word» 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/1166-pg3027-part32/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1166-pg3027-part32:e1:1 # text = Which of the following was the eldest son of the old man? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 case _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | of the eldest son; of the old man | tree rules | 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} Michael ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1166-pg3027-part32:e1:o1:1 # text = Michael 1 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Tom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1166-pg3027-part32:e1:o2:1 # text = Tom 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Martin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1166-pg3027-part32:e1:o3:1 # text = Martin 1 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Jack ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1166-pg3027-part32:e1:o4:1 # text = Jack 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Olive Fairy Book, The Three Treasures…, test 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1166-pg3027-part32/t14/) - next →: [Olive Fairy Book, The Three Treasures…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1166-pg3027-part32/e2/) - ↑ back to [Olive Fairy Book, The Three Treasures of the Giants, part 1: three brothers find a castle of money, and Jack gets the last word](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1166-pg3027-part32/)