--- title: What was the nature of the artificial bird presented to the emperor? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingal… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the nature of the artificial bird presented to the emperor? Exam question 4 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 of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/912-pg27200-part123/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 123: the emp… What was the nature of the artificial bird presented to the emperor? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature · **What happens:** be, present · **To what, where:** artificial bird, emperor This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:912-pg27200-part123:e4:1 # text = What was the nature of the artificial bird presented to the emperor? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 artificial artificial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the nature of the artificial bird | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **present** | participle | | the artificial bird *not said here* | the emperor | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to emperor=Recipient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A jewelled mechanical bird ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:912-pg27200-part123:e4:o1:1 # text = A jewelled mechanical bird 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 jewelled jewelled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 mechanical mechanical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} "A bird made of gold and jewels that wound up with a key and sang" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:912-pg27200-part123:e4:o2:1 # text = "A bird made of gold and jewels that wound up with a key and sang" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wound wound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | participle | a bird | | | | | of gold and jewels | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wound up** *in a quote* | present | jewels | | | | | with a key | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | a bird *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} "A golden clockwork singer" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:912-pg27200-part123:e4:o3:1 # text = "A golden clockwork singer" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 clockwork clockwork NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 singer singer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} "A jewelled mechanical bird that sang with a silver voice" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:912-pg27200-part123:e4:o4:1 # text = "A jewelled mechanical bird that sang with a silver voice" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 jewelled jewelled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 mechanical mechanical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | a jewelled mechanical bird | | | | | with a silver voice | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with voice=Theme | **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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