--- title: Which object did the elderly gentleman identify as the gift for whic… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House,… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the elderly gentleman identify as the gift for which he expressed gratitude? Exam question 1 of lesson 299 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, the pewter soldier leaves and the old man dies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/299-pg1597-part26/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/299-pg1597-part26/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, the pewter soldier… Which object did the elderly gentleman identify as the gift for which he expressed gratitude? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, gentleman · **What happens:** identify, express · **To what, where:** gratitude This is exam question 1 of lesson 299 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, the pewter soldier leaves and the old man dies» 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/299-pg1597-part26/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:e1:1 # text = Which object did the elderly gentleman identify as the gift for which he expressed gratitude? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 elderly elderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 identify identify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 expressed express VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | past · do-support | which object | | | | | as the gift | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as gift=Attribute | | 2 | **express** | past | gentleman | gratitude | | | | for the gift | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme | 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} the little dancing figure on the shelf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:e1:o1:1 # text = the little dancing figure on the shelf 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shelf shelf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the wooden horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:e1:o2:1 # text = the wooden horse 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the pewter soldier ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:e1:o3:1 # text = the pewter soldier 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 pewter pewter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:e1:o4:1 # text = the clock 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 clock clock NOUN NN 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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