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title: Identify the means by which Ole-Luk-Oie induces sleep in the children. — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the means by which Ole-Luk-Oie induces sleep in the children. Exam question 2 of lesson 926 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie the Dream-God, part 137: the dream-man decorates Hjalmar's room and sails him to his nurse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie the Dream-God, part 13…

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Identify the means by which Ole-Luk-Oie induces sleep in the children.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, the, Ole · **What happens:** identify, mean, induce · **To what, where:** sleep

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 926 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie the Dream-God, part 137: the dream-man decorates Hjalmar's room and sails him to his nurse» 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/926-pg27200-part137/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:e2:1
# text = Identify the means by which Ole-Luk-Oie induces sleep in the children.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
6	Ole	Ole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Luk	Luk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Oie	Oie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	induces	induce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
12	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **induce** | present | Ole and Luk and Oie | sleep |  |  |  | in the children | tree rules |

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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}

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by sprinkling fine dust into their eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:e2:o1:1
# text = by sprinkling fine dust into their eyes
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sprinkling	sprinkle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprinkle** | gerund |  | fine dust |  | their eyes |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dust=Theme into eye=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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by giving them sweet cakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:e2:o2:1
# text = by giving them sweet cakes
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  | sweet cakes | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient cake=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by pouring warm milk on them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:e2:o3:1
# text = by pouring warm milk on them
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pouring	pour	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | gerund |  | warm milk |  |  |  | on them *= they* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by sprinkling fine dust into the eyes and blowing softly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:e2:o4:1
# text = by sprinkling fine dust into the eyes and blowing softly
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sprinkling	sprinkle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprinkle** | gerund |  | fine dust |  | the eyes |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dust=Theme into eye=Destination |
| 2 | **blow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | softly *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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