--- title: what were the cottage roofs made of? — Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gn… · tree and pragmatics description: what were the cottage roofs made of? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1249 «Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle his hills and serves three masters» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1249-pg3282-part50/t8/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gn…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1249-pg3282-part50/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle… what were the cottage roofs made of? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cottage roofs · **What happens:** be, make · **To what, where:** cottage roofs This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1249 «Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle his hills and serves three masters» 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/1249-pg3282-part50/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t8:1 # text = what were the cottage roofs made of? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 roofs roof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nsubj _ _ 6 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the cottage roofs | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | participle | | the cottage roofs *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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 {#o1} heavy wooden shingles cut from the forest oaks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t8:o1:1 # text = heavy wooden shingles cut from the forest oaks 1 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 shingles shingle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 oaks oak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | participle | | heavy wooden shingles *not said here* | | the forest oaks | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from oak=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} dried reeds and straw bound tightly together ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t8:o2:1 # text = dried reeds and straw bound tightly together 1 dried dried ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 reeds reed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 bound bound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bound** | present | dried reeds and straw | | | | | tightly, together *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} thatch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t8:o3:1 # text = thatch 1 thatch thatch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} slate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t8:o4:1 # text = slate 1 slate slate 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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