--- title: To whom did the Oaks address their formal complaint regarding the axe? — Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury a… · tree and pragmatics description: To whom did the Oaks address their formal complaint regarding the axe? Exam question 1 of lesson 395 «Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a poor carpenter smashes his idol and gets gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/395-pg21-part16/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/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/395-pg21-part16/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a… To whom did the Oaks address their formal complaint regarding the axe? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Oaks · **What happens:** address, regard, complain · **To what, where:** formal complaint This is exam question 1 of lesson 395 «Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a poor carpenter smashes his idol and gets gold» 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/395-pg21-part16/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:e1:1 # text = To whom did the Oaks address their formal complaint regarding the axe? 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Oaks oak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 address address VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 formal formal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 complaint complaint NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **address** | past · do-support | the Oaks | Oaks's formal complaint | | | | regard the axe | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent complaint=Destination | | 2 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **complain** | | Oaks *= oak* | | | | | | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=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} to Jupiter, the ruler of the gods, who sat on Olympus high above ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:e1:o1:1 # text = to Jupiter, the ruler of the gods, who sat on Olympus high above 1 to to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Jupiter Jupiter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Olympus Olympus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 15 above above ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the ruler of the gods | | | Olympus | | above *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on olympus=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} to the Woodcutter, who had come to chop them down in the first place ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:e1:o2:1 # text = to the Woodcutter, who had come to chop them down in the first place 1 to to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Woodcutter Woodcutter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 chop chop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 amod _ _ 15 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | the Woodcutter | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **chop down** | to-infinitive | the Woodcutter *not said here* | them *= they* | | the first place | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient in place=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} to Neptune, god of the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:e1:o3:1 # text = to Neptune, god of the sea 1 to to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Neptune Neptune PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 god God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} to Jupiter, the ruler of the gods ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:e1:o4:1 # text = to Jupiter, the ruler of the gods 1 to to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Jupiter Jupiter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` 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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