--- title: so the lamp can't pick who replaces him, can he? — Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lam… · tree and pragmatics description: so the lamp can't pick who replaces him, can he? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 924 «Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lamp's last night on his post and the three rivals on the bridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/924-pg27200-part135/t12/) [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/) / [Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lam…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/924-pg27200-part135/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lam… so the lamp can't pick who replaces him, can he? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lamp · **What happens:** not pick, replace · **To what, where:** lamp This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 924 «Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lamp's last night on his post and the three rivals on the bridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/924-pg27200-part135/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:t12:1 # text = so the lamp can't pick who replaces him, can he? 1 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 replaces replace VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **pick** | can | the lamp | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **replace** | present | | lamp | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-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} yeah, he can ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:t12:o1:1 # text = yeah, he can 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} nah, he's got no clue ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:t12:o2:1 # text = nah, he's got no clue 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 clue clue NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · passive | he | no clue | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer clue=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, no ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:t12:o3:1 # text = nah, no 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 1 discourse _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, he's got a plan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:t12:o4:1 # text = yeah, he's got a plan 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · passive | he | a plan | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plan=Stimulus | **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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