--- title: Which character in the play is described as having a laydown collar? — Andersen's Tales, The Old Bachelor's N… · tree and pragmatics description: Which character in the play is described as having a laydown collar? Exam question 1 of lesson 915 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap, part 126: a silly pretend play, then the strange street of pepper clerks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/915-pg27200-part126/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 Tales, The Old Bachelor's N…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/915-pg27200-part126/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap, part 126: a… Which character in the play is described as having a laydown collar? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** describe, have · **To what, where:** character, laydown collar This is exam question 1 of lesson 915 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap, part 126: a silly pretend play, then the strange street of pepper clerks» 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/915-pg27200-part126/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:e1:1 # text = Which character in the play is described as having a laydown collar? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 laydown laydown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | which character in the play | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **have** | gerund | | a laydown collar | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collar=Patient | 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} the old Pipe-head's daughter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:e1:o1:1 # text = the old Pipe-head's daughter 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 Pipe Pipe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the Pipe-head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:e1:o2:1 # text = the Pipe-head 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Pipe Pipe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the Waistcoat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:e1:o3:1 # text = the Waistcoat 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Waistcoat waistcoat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the Waistcoat's friend the tailor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:e1:o4:1 # text = the Waistcoat's friend the tailor 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Waistcoat Waistcoat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ ``` 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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