--- title: Who's the goblin then, the snuff thing? — Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Sold… · tree and pragmatics description: Who's the goblin then, the snuff thing? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1000 «Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin soldiers meet a paper dancer, and one falls from the window» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1000-pg27200-part211/t4/) [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 Stories, The Brave Tin Sold…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1000-pg27200-part211/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin sol… Who's the goblin then, the snuff thing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** goblin This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1000 «Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin soldiers meet a paper dancer, and one falls from the window» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/1000-pg27200-part211/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t4:1 # text = Who's the goblin then, the snuff thing? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 goblin goblin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 snuff snuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the goblin and the snuff thing | | | then | | 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} Yeah, outta the snuff-box at midnight, a sort of toy puzzle thing that had been on the table for ages ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t4:o1:1 # text = Yeah, outta the snuff-box at midnight, a sort of toy puzzle thing that had been on the table for ages 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 outta outta NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 snuff snuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 list _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 15 puzzle puzzle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 cop _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 acl:relcl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | toy puzzle thing | | | the table | for ages | | tree rules | | 2 | **sort** | | | toy puzzle thing | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, outta the snuff-box, a toy puzzle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t4:o2:1 # text = Yeah, outta the snuff-box, a toy puzzle 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 outta outta NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 snuff snuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 puzzle puzzle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, outta the tin, a wooden doll ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t4:o3:1 # text = Yeah, outta the tin, a wooden doll 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 outta outta NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 doll doll NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he came out the clock, a wind-up toy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t4:o4:1 # text = Nah, he came out the clock, a wind-up toy 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound _ _ 13 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | he | the clock | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient clock=Result | **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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