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title: In the omnibus of death, what provision may the travellers carry? — Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life,… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the omnibus of death, what provision may the travellers carry? Exam question 1 of lesson 931 «Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life, part 2: the deeds of the dead and the aunt who lived for the theatre» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life, part 2: the deeds o…

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In the omnibus of death, what provision may the travellers carry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** travellers · **What happens:** provision, carry · **To what, where:** omnibus

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 931 «Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life, part 2: the deeds of the dead and the aunt who lived for the theatre» 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/931-pg27200-part142/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:e1:1
# text = In the omnibus of death, what provision may the travellers carry?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	omnibus	omnibus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provision** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | may | the travellers |  |  | the omnibus of death |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in omnibus=Location |

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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}

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The service-book and a loan from the local bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:e1:o1:1
# text = The service-book and a loan from the local bank
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	loan	loan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The service-book, a gift from the savings bank, and a warm cloak for the road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:e1:o2:1
# text = The service-book, a gift from the savings bank, and a warm cloak for the road
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	compound	_	_
11	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The service-book and a gift from the savings bank for the journey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:e1:o3:1
# text = The service-book and a gift from the savings bank for the journey
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	compound	_	_
11	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The service-book and a gift from the savings bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:e1:o4:1
# text = The service-book and a gift from the savings bank
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	compound	_	_
11	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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