--- title: Which of the following is the name engraved upon the brass plate fou… — Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following is the name engraved upon the brass plate found during the excavation of the foundation? Exam question 1 of lesson 948 «Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family, part 1: Marie and Soren rob the birds' nests» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/948-pg27200-part159/e1/) [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 Tales, Poultry Meg's Family…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/948-pg27200-part159/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family, part 1: Marie and… Which of the following is the name engraved upon the brass plate found during the excavation of the foundation? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** foundation · **What happens:** follow, be, engrave, find, excavate · **To what, where:** name, brass plate This is exam question 1 of lesson 948 «Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family, part 1: Marie and Soren rob the birds' nests» 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/948-pg27200-part159/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e1:1 # text = Which of the following is the name engraved upon the brass plate found during the excavation of the foundation? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 case _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 engraved engrave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 during during ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 excavation excavation NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 foundation foundation NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | | | | | of the name | tree rules | | 3 | **engrave** | participle | | the name *not said here* | | the brass plate | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon plate=Destination | | 4 | **find** | participle | | the brass plate *not said here* | | | during the excavation of the foundation | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **excavate** | | the foundation | | | | | | nom excavation «act intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Grubbe of the old manor house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e1:o1:1 # text = Grubbe of the old manor house 1 Grubbe Grubbe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 manor manor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Grubbe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e1:o2:1 # text = Grubbe 1 Grubbe Grubbe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Ulfeldt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e1:o3:1 # text = Ulfeldt 1 Ulfeldt Ulfeldt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Brahe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e1:o4:1 # text = Brahe 1 Brahe Brahe PROPN NNP 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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