--- title: Was the Master-maid well sharp or what? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the Master-maid well sharp or what? Test 3 · ★ 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 the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1445-pg503-part32/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff… Was the Master-maid well sharp or what? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Master maid This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t3:1 # text = Was the Master-maid well sharp or what? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 csubj _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the Master maid | | | | | 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 {#o1} Totally, she sorted the whole lot out with a clever trick and the King was well impressed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t3:o1:1 # text = Totally, she sorted the whole lot out with a clever trick and the King was well impressed 1 Totally totally ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sorted sort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 17 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 18 impressed impress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sort** | past | she | the whole lot | | | | with a clever trick; out, totally *property* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | | 2 | **impress** | past · passive | | the King | | | | well *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Totally, she was dead clever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t3:o2:1 # text = Totally, she was dead clever 1 Totally totally ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | clever, totally *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, she was dead clever and the bailiff was a right muppet about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t3:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she was dead clever and the bailiff was a right muppet about it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bailiff bailiff NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 muppet muppet NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 14 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | the bailiff | a right muppet | | | | about muppet | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, she was proper smart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t3:o4:1 # text = Yeah, she was proper smart 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | smart *property* | tree rules | **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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