--- title: Which bird related the tale of Hans to the Water-rat? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics description: Which bird related the tale of Hans to the Water-rat? Exam question 3 of lesson 2038 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans drowns in the storm, and the Miller only frets about his wheelbarrow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2038-pg902-part8/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/) / [The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2038-pg902-part8/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans… Which bird related the tale of Hans to the Water-rat? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bird, Hans · **What happens:** relate, tell · **To what, where:** tale, Water rat · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 2038 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans drowns in the storm, and the Miller only frets about his wheelbarrow» 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/2038-pg902-part8/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:e3:1 # text = Which bird related the tale of Hans to the Water-rat? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Hans Han PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relate** | past | which bird | the tale of Hans | the Water rat | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Topic to rat=Recipient | | 2 | **tell** | | Hans | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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} the Nightingale who sings at dusk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:e3:o1:1 # text = the Nightingale who sings at dusk 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 dusk dusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the Nightingale | | | | dusk | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the Linnet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:e3:o2:1 # text = the Linnet 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Linnet linnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the old grey Heron of the reeds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:e3:o3:1 # text = the old grey Heron of the reeds 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Heron Heron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 reeds reed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the Thrush ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:e3:o4:1 # text = the Thrush 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Thrush Thrush 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. 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