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description: Which of the following is the correct designation of the figure Hjalmar observes at the window? Exam question 1 of lesson 928 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie: Ole's brother Death shows Hjalmar how he sorts the riders by their mark-books» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie: Ole's brother Death s…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following is the correct designation of the figure Hjalmar observes at the window?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** correct designation · **What happens:** follow, be, observe · **To what, where:** window

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 928 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie: Ole's brother Death shows Hjalmar how he sorts the riders by their mark-books» 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/928-pg27200-part139/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:928-pg27200-part139:e1:1
# text = Which of the following is the correct designation of the figure Hjalmar observes at the window?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	Hjalmar	Hjalmar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
13	observes	observe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | follow the correct designation; of the figure | tree rules |
| 3 | **observe** | present | the correct designation |  |  | the window |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Death, the old and grim brother of Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream-god of the attic

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:928-pg27200-part139:e1:o1:1
# text = Death, the old and grim brother of Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream-god of the attic
1	Death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Ole	Ole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Luk	Luk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Oie	Oie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	Dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	attic	attic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Death, the brother of Ole-Luk-Oie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:928-pg27200-part139:e1:o2:1
# text = Death, the brother of Ole-Luk-Oie
1	Death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ole	Ole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	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	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the sad figure at the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:928-pg27200-part139:e1:o3:1
# text = the sad figure at the window
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Death, the brother of Ole-Luk-Oie, who rides the white horse at night

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:928-pg27200-part139:e1:o4:1
# text = Death, the brother of Ole-Luk-Oie, who rides the white horse at night
1	Death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ole	Ole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | Death and the brother of Ole and Luk and Oie | the white horse |  |  | night |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

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