--- title: Yo, the directions were proper confusing, weren't they? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, the directions were proper confusing, weren't they? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1888-pg7277-part25/t5/) [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/) / [Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1888-pg7277-part25/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince… Yo, the directions were proper confusing, weren't they? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** directions · **What happens:** be, not be · **To what, where:** they This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» 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/1888-pg7277-part25/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t5:1 # text = Yo, the directions were proper confusing, weren't they? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 directions direction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 proper properly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 confusing confusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the directions | | | | | confusing, properly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is a** | past | the directions *not said here* | they | | | | | 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, the map said four hundred leagues north of Caucasus but nobody knew where that was, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t5:o1:1 # text = Yeah, the map said four hundred leagues north of Caucasus but nobody knew where that was, mate 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 compound _ _ 7 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 north north ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Caucasus Caucasus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 14 nsubj _ _ 14 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 17 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the map | hundred leagues | | | | mate *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent league=Topic | | 2 | **know** | past | nobody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **be** | past | that | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Four hundred leagues north of Caucasus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t5:o2:1 # text = Four hundred leagues north of Caucasus 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 north north ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Caucasus Caucasus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} North of the big mountains, no joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t5:o3:1 # text = North of the big mountains, no joke 1 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, totally muddled, no joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t5:o4:1 # text = Yeah, totally muddled, no joke 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 totally totally ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 muddled muddle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **muddle** | participle | | no joke | | | | totally *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | **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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