--- title: What is the nature of the tales told to riders who received "Middlin… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie: O… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the nature of the tales told to riders who received "Middling" or "Tolerably good"? Exam question 3 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 depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/928-pg27200-part139/e3/) [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: O…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/928-pg27200-part139/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie: Ole's brother Death s… What is the nature of the tales told to riders who received "Middling" or "Tolerably good"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature, riders · **What happens:** be, tell, receive, middle · **To what, where:** tales, riders · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:928-pg27200-part139:e3:1 # text = What is the nature of the tales told to riders who received "Middling" or "Tolerably good"? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 riders rider NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Middling middle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Tolerably tolerably ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the nature of the tales | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | | the tales *not said here* | riders | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to rider=Recipient | | 3 | **receive** | past | riders | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **middle** *in a quote* | gerund | riders *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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} a sad old story ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:928-pg27200-part139:e3:o1:1 # text = a sad old story 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a long and frightful tale about a ship that was lost at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:928-pg27200-part139:e3:o2:1 # text = a long and frightful tale about a ship that was lost at sea 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 frightful frightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 5 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · passive | | a ship | | sea | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a frightful tale ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:928-pg27200-part139:e3:o3:1 # text = a frightful tale 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 frightful frightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the most frightful and dreadful tale that anyone had ever heard before ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:928-pg27200-part139:e3:o4:1 # text = the most frightful and dreadful tale that anyone had ever heard before 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 3 advmod _ _ 3 frightful frightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl _ _ 12 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | anyone | the frightful tale *not said here* | | | ever | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tale=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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