--- title: Who'd Jens write to for backup, then? — Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and Hi… · tree and pragmatics description: Who'd Jens write to for backup, then? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 803 «Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, part 14: the widow's son returns, and Olaf Hase breaks into the church on Christmas night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/803-pg27200-part14/t9/) [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, The Bishop of Borglum and Hi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/803-pg27200-part14/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, part 14:… Who'd Jens write to for backup, then? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** write This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 803 «Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, part 14: the widow's son returns, and Olaf Hase breaks into the church on Christmas night» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/803-pg27200-part14/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t9:1 # text = Who'd Jens write to for backup, then? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Jens Jens PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 4 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 backup backup NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past | | | | | then | for backup | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for backup=Beneficiary | 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} His brother, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t9:o1:1 # text = His brother, mate 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} His uncle, Ivar Hase ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t9:o2:1 # text = His uncle, Ivar Hase 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Ivar Ivar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 Hase Hase PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} His brother-in-law, Olaf Hase ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t9:o3:1 # text = His brother-in-law, Olaf Hase 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Olaf Olaf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 9 Hase Hase PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} His cousin, Olaf Vest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t9:o4:1 # text = His cousin, Olaf Vest 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 Olaf Olaf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Vest Vest PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ ``` 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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