--- title: What was the name of the street in which the German clerks traded? — Andersen's Tales, The Old Bachelor's N… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the name of the street in which the German clerks traded? Exam question 2 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 pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/915-pg27200-part126/e2/) [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/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap, part 126: a… What was the name of the street in which the German clerks traded? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, trade · **To what, where:** name, German clerks, street This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:e2:1 # text = What was the name of the street in which the German clerks traded? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 German German ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 clerks clerk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 traded trade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the name | | | | of the street | tree rules | | 2 | **trade** | participle · passive | | the German clerks | | the street | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 {#o1} Bremen road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:e2:o1:1 # text = Bremen road 1 Bremen Bremen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Hauschen, the little house street ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:e2:o2:1 # text = Hauschen, the little house street 1 Hauschen Hauschen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Hysken street ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:e2:o3:1 # text = Hysken street 1 Hysken Hysken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} the street called Hysken in Copenhagen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:e2:o4:1 # text = the street called Hysken in Copenhagen 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 Hysken Hysken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Copenhagen Copenhagen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle | | the street *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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