--- title: Whom did the bridal pair consult concerning their onward journey? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Whom did the bridal pair consult concerning their onward journey? Exam question 4 of lesson 927 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie, part 138: Hjalmar sails with Ole, rescues a tired stork, and rides to a mouse wedding» 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/927-pg27200-part138/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, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/927-pg27200-part138/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie, part 138: Hjalmar sai… Whom did the bridal pair consult concerning their onward journey? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bridal pair, their · **What happens:** do, consult, concern, journey · **To what, where:** onward journey This is exam question 4 of lesson 927 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie, part 138: Hjalmar sails with Ole, rescues a tired stork, and rides to a mouse wedding» 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/927-pg27200-part138/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:927-pg27200-part138:e4:1 # text = Whom did the bridal pair consult concerning their onward journey? 1 Whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 consult consult VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 7 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 onward onward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **consult** | present | the bridal pair | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | the bridal pair *not said here* | their onward journey | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus journey=Experiencer | | 4 | **journey** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} the sparrow and the tin soldier ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:927-pg27200-part138:e4:o1:1 # text = the sparrow and the tin soldier 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sparrow sparrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} the swallow, the old hen and the turkey-cock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:927-pg27200-part138:e4:o2:1 # text = the swallow, the old hen and the turkey-cock 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 turkey turkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the ducks, the turkey-cock and the old swallow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:927-pg27200-part138:e4:o3:1 # text = the ducks, the turkey-cock and the old swallow 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 turkey turkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the swallow and the old hen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:927-pg27200-part138:e4:o4:1 # text = the swallow and the old hen 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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