--- title: Which name did the messenger report hearing the dwarf sing beside th… — Household Tales, Gretel the Cook, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Which name did the messenger report hearing the dwarf sing beside the fire? Exam question 1 of lesson 750 «Household Tales, Gretel the Cook, part 26: the queen learns the dwarf's name, and Gretel eats the fowls» 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/750-pg2591-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/) / [Household Tales, Gretel the Cook, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/750-pg2591-part26/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Household Tales, Gretel the Cook, part 26: the queen learn… Which name did the messenger report hearing the dwarf sing beside the fire? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** name, messenger report · **What happens:** do, hear · **To what, where:** messenger report, dwarf sing, fire This is exam question 1 of lesson 750 «Household Tales, Gretel the Cook, part 26: the queen learns the dwarf's name, and Gretel eats the fowls» 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/750-pg2591-part26/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:e1:1 # text = Which name did the messenger report hearing the dwarf sing beside the fire? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 hearing hear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 dwarf dwarf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 sing sing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 beside beside ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which name | the messenger report | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Eventuality | | 2 | **hear** | gerund | the messenger report *not said here* | the dwarf sing | | the fire | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sing=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} Rumpelstiltskin Hobblefoot of the hills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:e1:o1:1 # text = Rumpelstiltskin Hobblefoot of the hills 1 Rumpelstiltskin Rumpelstiltskin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Hobblefoot Hobblefoot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Rumpelstilton ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:e1:o2:1 # text = Rumpelstilton 1 Rumpelstilton Rumpelstilton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Rumpelstiltskin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:e1:o3:1 # text = Rumpelstiltskin 1 Rumpelstiltskin Rumpelstiltskin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Rumpelstiltskin, the little man of the forest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:e1:o4:1 # text = Rumpelstiltskin, the little man of the forest 1 Rumpelstiltskin Rumpelstiltskin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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