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title: Identify the figure who addresses the counsellor as monsieur and sta… — Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Eve… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the figure who addresses the counsellor as monsieur and state his professional designation. Exam question 4 of lesson 837 «Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48: a lost counsellor wanders strange old streets and thinks he is ill» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48:…

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Identify the figure who addresses the counsellor as monsieur and state his professional designation.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, figure, his · **What happens:** identify, address, designate · **To what, where:** figure, counsellor

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 837 «Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48: a lost counsellor wanders strange old streets and thinks he is ill» 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/837-pg27200-part48/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:e4:1
# text = Identify the figure who addresses the counsellor as monsieur and state his professional designation.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	addresses	address	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	professional	professional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the figure |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme |
| 2 | **address** | present | the figure | the counsellor |  |  |  | as monsieur and state | tree rules |
| 3 | **designate** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom designation «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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A bishop, honored scholar.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:e4:o1:1
# text = A bishop, honored scholar.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	honored	honor	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	scholar	scholar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honor** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A bishop of the church who admires the counsellor's wisdom.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:e4:o2:1
# text = A bishop of the church who admires the counsellor's wisdom.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	admires	admire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admire** | present | the church | the counsellor's wisdom |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wisdom=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A bachelor of divinity who doubts the counsellor's claims.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:e4:o3:1
# text = A bachelor of divinity who doubts the counsellor's claims.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bachelor	bachelor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	divinity	divinity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	doubts	doubt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	claims	claim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **doubt** | present | divinity | the counsellor's claims |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |
| 2 | **claim** |  | the counsellor |  |  |  |  |  | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A bachelor of divinity who commends the counsellor's learning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:e4:o4:1
# text = A bachelor of divinity who commends the counsellor's learning
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bachelor	bachelor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	divinity	divinity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	commends	commend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commend** | present | a bachelor of divinity | the counsellor's learning |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent learning=Theme |

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