--- title: Which object is described as pointing its little finger at the fir t… — Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper,… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object is described as pointing its little finger at the fir tree in the dust-cart? Exam question 3 of lesson 930 «Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explains the six glasses, the tree in the dust-cart, and Death's omnibus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/930-pg27200-part141/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 tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/930-pg27200-part141/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explai… Which object is described as pointing its little finger at the fir tree in the dust-cart? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** describe, point · **To what, where:** object, little finger, fir tree This is exam question 3 of lesson 930 «Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explains the six glasses, the tree in the dust-cart, and Death's omnibus» 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/930-pg27200-part141/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:e3:1 # text = Which object is described as pointing its little finger at the fir tree in the dust-cart? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 fir fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | which object | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **point** | gerund | | object's little finger | | the fir tree | | in the dust cart | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent finger=Patient in cart=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 {#o1} The ribbon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:e3:o1:1 # text = The ribbon 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ribbon ribbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The hat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:e3:o2:1 # text = The hat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The glove ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:e3:o3:1 # text = The glove 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 glove glove NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The sock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:e3:o4:1 # text = The sock 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sock sock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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