--- title: State the reason the old lamp declines to be melted down while the o… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie th… · tree and pragmatics description: State the reason the old lamp declines to be melted down while the old people live. Exam question 4 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 de --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/926-pg27200-part137/e4/) [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, Ole-Luk-Oie th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/926-pg27200-part137/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie the Dream-God, part 13… State the reason the old lamp declines to be melted down while the old people live. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old people · **What happens:** melt down, live This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:e4:1 # text = State the reason the old lamp declines to be melted down while the old people live. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 declines decline NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 while while SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt down** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V» | | 2 | **live** | present | the old people | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the old people still love and keep him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:e4:o1:1 # text = the old people still love and keep him 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | present | the old people | | | | still | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | the old people *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} the children love and keep him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:e4:o2:1 # text = the children love and keep him 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | present | the children | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | the children *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} because they keep him dusted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:e4:o3:1 # text = because they keep him dusted 1 because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 dusted dust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | they | him *= he* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **dust** | participle | | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} he is loved by the old man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:e4:o4:1 # text = he is loved by the old man 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | present · passive | the old man | he | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=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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