--- title: Who was the proper eejit at the wedding, then? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast… · tree and pragmatics description: Who was the proper eejit at the wedding, then? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1445-pg503-part32/t13/) [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/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1445-pg503-part32/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff… Who was the proper eejit at the wedding, then? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** proper eejit, wedding This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» 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/1445-pg503-part32/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t13:1 # text = Who was the proper eejit at the wedding, then? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 eejit eejit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the proper eejit | | the wedding | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The bailiff, for sure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t13:o1:1 # text = The bailiff, for sure 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bailiff bailiff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The attorney, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t13:o2:1 # text = The attorney, mate 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 attorney attorney NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The sheriff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t13:o3:1 # text = The sheriff 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sheriff sheriff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Master-maid's little brother, who kept shouting at the calf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t13:o4:1 # text = The Master-maid's little brother, who kept shouting at the calf 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the Master maid's little brother | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the Master maid's little brother *not said here* | | | | | at the calf | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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