--- title: Who appeared before the Old Man when he called upon Death? — Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Who appeared before the Old Man when he called upon Death? Exam question 3 of lesson 155 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fools his doctor, and a fox outwits a lion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/155-pg11339-part25/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/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/155-pg11339-part25/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fool… Who appeared before the Old Man when he called upon Death? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Man · **What happens:** appear, call · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 155 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fools his doctor, and a fox outwits a lion» 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/155-pg11339-part25/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e3:1 # text = Who appeared before the Old Man when he called upon Death? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | | | | | before the Old Man | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before man=Location | | 2 | **call** | past | Man | | | | | upon Death | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: 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} Death, who offered to serve him as a faithful servant for the rest of his days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e3:o1:1 # text = Death, who offered to serve him as a faithful servant for the rest of his days 1 Death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past | Death | | | | | as a faithful servant; for the rest of Death's days | tree rules | | 2 | **serve** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Death *not said here* | Death | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Death, who offered to serve him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e3:o2:1 # text = Death, who offered to serve him 1 Death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past | Death | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **serve** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Death *not said here* | Death | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} A tall stranger in black ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e3:o3:1 # text = A tall stranger in black 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The god Mercury, who guided souls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:155-pg11339-part25:e3:o4:1 # text = The god Mercury, who guided souls 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 Mercury Mercury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 guided guide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 souls soul NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guide** | past | the god | souls | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme | **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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