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title: Which being is described as the lord of the under-world at the openi… — Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gn… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which being is described as the lord of the under-world at the opening of this part? Exam question 1 of lesson 1249 «Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle his hills and serves three masters» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle…

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Which being is described as the lord of the under-world at the opening of this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** describe · **To what, where:** opening

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1249 «Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle his hills and serves three masters» 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/1249-pg3282-part50/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:e1:1
# text = Which being is described as the lord of the under-world at the opening of this part?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | gerund · passive |  |  |  | the opening of this part |  | as the lord of the world | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as lord=Attribute |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Rübezahl, the mountain gnome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:e1:o1:1
# text = Rübezahl, the mountain gnome
1	Rübezahl	Rübezahl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	gnome	gnome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Thor, the storm giant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:e1:o2:1
# text = Thor, the storm giant
1	Thor	thor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Loki, the mischief-making god

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:e1:o3:1
# text = Loki, the mischief-making god
1	Loki	loki	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	mischief	mischief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Odin, the wandering old god

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:e1:o4:1
# text = Odin, the wandering old god
1	Odin	Odin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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**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.

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