---
title: Okay but what's a bachelor of divinity anyway? — Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Eve… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay but what's a bachelor of divinity anyway? Test 10 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/t10/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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 Tales, The Counsellor's Eve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/) / t10

# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Okay but what's a bachelor of divinity anyway?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bachelor

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t10:1
# text = Okay but what's a bachelor of divinity anyway?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bachelor	bachelor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	divinity	divinity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a bachelor |  |  |  | of divinity; anyway *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fancy degree that a church scholar earns after many years of hard study and exams.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t10:o1:1
# text = A fancy degree that a church scholar earns after many years of hard study and exams.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	scholar	scholar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	earns	earn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	exams	exam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scholar** |  | a fancy degree |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **earn** | present | a fancy degree |  |  |  | year |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A high academic degree in theology given by a university to church scholars after long study.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t10:o2:1
# text = A high academic degree in theology given by a university to church scholars after long study.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	academic	academic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	theology	theology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	scholars	scholar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:agent	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | theology *not said here* |  |  | after long study | by a university | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A religious scholar with a grand title.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t10:o3:1
# text = A religious scholar with a grand title.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	scholar	scholar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A church scholar, kind of a fancy title

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t10:o4:1
# text = A church scholar, kind of a fancy title
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	scholar	scholar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Eve…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/t9/)
- next →: [Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Eve…, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/t11/)
- ↑ back to [Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48: a lost counsellor wanders strange old streets and thinks he is ill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/)