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title: Identify the figure who, according to the text, was regarded as the… — Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a l… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the figure who, according to the text, was regarded as the most absent-minded person in the entire kingdom. Exam question 2 of lesson 277 «Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wanders old Copenhagen and is taken for a foreigner» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wande…

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Identify the figure who, according to the text, was regarded as the most absent-minded person in the entire kingdom.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, accord, regard · **To what, where:** figure

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 277 «Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wanders old Copenhagen and is taken for a foreigner» 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/277-pg1597-part4/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:e2:1
# text = Identify the figure who, according to the text, was regarded as the most absent-minded person in the entire kingdom.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
15	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	16	advmod	_	_
16	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	minded	minded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the figure |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **regard** | past · passive |  | the figure |  |  |  | accord the text; as the absent minded person in the entire kingdom | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as person=Value |

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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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The Bishop of Zealand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:e2:o1:1
# text = The Bishop of Zealand
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bishop	Bishop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Bishop of Zealand, the person the Councillor was sent to visit in the capital

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:e2:o2:1
# text = The Bishop of Zealand, the person the Councillor was sent to visit in the capital
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bishop	Bishop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Councillor	Councillor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | the Bishop of Zealand and the Councillor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **visit** | to-infinitive | the Bishop of Zealand and the Councillor *not said here* |  |  | the capital |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Dean of Copenhagen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:e2:o3:1
# text = The Dean of Copenhagen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dean	Dean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Copenhagen	Copenhagen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The procession's leader, who was believed by the townsfolk to be the Bishop of Zealand

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:e2:o4:1
# text = The procession's leader, who was believed by the townsfolk to be the Bishop of Zealand
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	townsfolk	townsfolk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Bishop	Bishop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | past · passive | the townsfolk | the procession's leader |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | the Bishop |  |  |  | of Zealand | tree rules |

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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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