--- title: Why was Désiré all hot and bothered riding in? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three b… · tree and pragmatics description: Why was Désiré all hot and bothered riding in? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1565-pg540-part62/t9/) [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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1565-pg540-part62/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pi… Why was Désiré all hot and bothered riding in? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Désiré · **What happens:** be, bother This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» 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/1565-pg540-part62/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t9:1 # text = Why was Désiré all hot and bothered riding in? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 Désiré Désiré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 bothered bother VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Désiré | | | | | all, hot *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bother** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the ugly bride looked worse in rich clothes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t9:o1:1 # text = the ugly bride looked worse in rich clothes 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the ugly bride | | | | | in rich clothes; bad *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in clothes=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} the rich coat was too heavy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t9:o2:1 # text = the rich coat was too heavy 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the rich coat | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} the ugly bride looked even uglier once she was dressed in silks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t9:o3:1 # text = the ugly bride looked even uglier once she was dressed in silks 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 uglier ugly ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 7 once once SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 silks silk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the ugly bride | | | | | ugly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **dress** | past · passive | | bride | | silks | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} his horse had galloped so far that he was sweating from the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t9:o4:1 # text = his horse had galloped so far that he was sweating from the road 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 galloped gallop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 sweating sweat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gallop** | past · perfect · passive | | his horse | | | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent | | 2 | **sweat** | past · progressive | horse | | | the road | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from road=Source | **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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