--- title: Which title was conferred upon the mechanical bird upon its first pu… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingal… · tree and pragmatics description: Which title was conferred upon the mechanical bird upon its first public performance? Exam question 1 of lesson 913 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bird breaks, and the real nightingale saves the dying emperor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/913-pg27200-part124/e1/) [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/913-pg27200-part124/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bir… Which title was conferred upon the mechanical bird upon its first public performance? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** title · **What happens:** confer, perform · **To what, where:** title This is exam question 1 of lesson 913 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bird breaks, and the real nightingale saves the dying emperor» 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/913-pg27200-part124/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:e1:1 # text = Which title was conferred upon the mechanical bird upon its first public performance? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 conferred confer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 mechanical mechanical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 11 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 12 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 performance performance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **confer** | past · passive | | which title | | | | upon the mechanical bird upon title's first public performance | tree rules | | 2 | **perform** | | title | | | | | | nom performance «communication 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} Imperial nightingale-bringer-in-chief of the entire golden palace and its gardens ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:e1:o1:1 # text = Imperial nightingale-bringer-in-chief of the entire golden palace and its gardens 1 Imperial imperial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 2 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 bringer bringer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Royal palace bird-master-general ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:e1:o2:1 # text = Royal palace bird-master-general 1 Royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 2 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 general general NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Imperial nightingale-keeper-in-chief ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:e1:o3:1 # text = Imperial nightingale-keeper-in-chief 1 Imperial imperial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 2 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 keeper keeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Imperial nightingale-bringer-in-chief ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:e1:o4:1 # text = Imperial nightingale-bringer-in-chief 1 Imperial imperial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 2 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 bringer bringer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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