--- title: Which phrase describes the setting sun as the King's Son sees it? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House,… · tree and pragmatics description: Which phrase describes the setting sun as the King's Son sees it? Exam question 1 of lesson 298 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely old man and a gift» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/298-pg1597-part25/e1/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/298-pg1597-part25/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely o… Which phrase describes the setting sun as the King's Son sees it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase, Son · **What happens:** describe, see · **To what, where:** setting sun, sun This is exam question 1 of lesson 298 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely old man and a gift» 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/298-pg1597-part25/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e1:1 # text = Which phrase describes the setting sun as the King's Son sees it? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 phrase phrase NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 setting setting NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | the setting sun | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sun=Theme | | 2 | **see** | present | Son | sun | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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} A huge golden disc, sinking slowly behind the dark blue hills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e1:o1:1 # text = A huge golden disc, sinking slowly behind the dark blue hills 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 disc disc NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 sinking sink VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 7 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 behind behind ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | gerund | a huge golden disc *not said here* | | | the dark blue hills | | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} A golden altar, glowing in the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e1:o2:1 # text = A golden altar, glowing in the sea 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 glowing glow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glow** | gerund | a golden altar *not said here* | | | the sea | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} A shining altar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e1:o3:1 # text = A shining altar 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A large shining altar, melted together in glowing colours ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e1:o4:1 # text = A large shining altar, melted together in glowing colours 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 glowing glow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **melt** | participle | | a large shining altar *not said here* | | glowing colours | | together *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **glow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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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