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title: In what location did the headless dwarfs assemble and converse in th… — Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothi… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what location did the headless dwarfs assemble and converse in the hours after midnight? Exam question 2 of lesson 1800 «Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the dwarfs and finds the hidden treasure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 2 · Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the d…

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In what location did the headless dwarfs assemble and converse in the hours after midnight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** location, headless dwarfs · **What happens:** do, assemble

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1800 «Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the dwarfs and finds the hidden treasure» 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/1800-pg641-part51/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:e2:1
# text = In what location did the headless dwarfs assemble and converse in the hours after midnight?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	headless	headless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	assemble	assemble	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	converse	converse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | location |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **assemble** | present | the headless dwarfs |  |  |  | hour; midnight |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Near the fire under the old pines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:e2:o1:1
# text = Near the fire under the old pines
1	Near	near	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pines	pine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Close by his tent beneath a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:e2:o2:1
# text = Close by his tent beneath a tree
1	Close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Beneath a branch near his camp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:e2:o3:1
# text = Beneath a branch near his camp
1	Beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Around the minister's cart at the edge of the town, beside the gallows and the church wall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:e2:o4:1
# text = Around the minister's cart at the edge of the town, beside the gallows and the church wall
1	Around	around	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gallows	gallows	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	appos	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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

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