--- title: What is the character of the judge whom Rübezahl ultimately served? — Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gn… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the character of the judge whom Rübezahl ultimately served? Exam question 3 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 the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1249-pg3282-part50/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/) / [Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gn…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1249-pg3282-part50/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle… What is the character of the judge whom Rübezahl ultimately served? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** character · **What happens:** be, serve · **To what, where:** Rübezahl This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:e3:1 # text = What is the character of the judge whom Rübezahl ultimately served? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 punct _ _ 9 Rübezahl Rübezahl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 ultimately ultimately ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the character of the judge | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **serve** | participle | | Rübezahl *not said here* | | | | ultimately *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} He was a kind man who was poor. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:e3:o1:1 # text = He was a kind man who was poor. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | a kind man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | a kind man | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He was a cruel man who loved gold. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:e3:o2:1 # text = He was a cruel man who loved gold. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | a cruel man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **love** | past | a cruel man | gold | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He was a bad man who took bribes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:e3:o3:1 # text = He was a bad man who took bribes. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 bribes bribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | a bad man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past | a bad man | bribes | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bribe=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was a fair and honest man. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:e3:o4:1 # text = He was a fair and honest man. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | a fair man | | | | | tree rules | **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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