--- title: Which object did the emperor offer as a token of the bird's distinct… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingal… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the emperor offer as a token of the bird's distinction? Exam question 3 of lesson 912 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 123: the emperor hears of a bird, and a jewelled fake is sent» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/912-pg27200-part123/e3/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Nightingal…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/912-pg27200-part123/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 123: the emp… Which object did the emperor offer as a token of the bird's distinction? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, bird · **What happens:** do, distinguish · **To what, where:** emperor offer This is exam question 3 of lesson 912 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 123: the emperor hears of a bird, and a jewelled fake is sent» 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/912-pg27200-part123/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:912-pg27200-part123:e3:1 # text = Which object did the emperor offer as a token of the bird's distinction? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object 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 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 distinction distinction NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | the emperor offer | | | | as a token of the bird's distinction | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Eventuality | | 2 | **distinguish** | | the bird | | | | | | nom distinction «cognition transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} "A silver necklace" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:912-pg27200-part123:e3:o1:1 # text = "A silver necklace" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 necklace necklace NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} "A jewelled collar" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:912-pg27200-part123:e3:o2:1 # text = "A jewelled collar" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 jewelled jewell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jewell** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A golden slipper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:912-pg27200-part123:e3:o3:1 # text = A golden slipper 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} "A ring" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:912-pg27200-part123:e3:o4:1 # text = "A ring" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` 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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