--- title: What was the ring like on her hand, was it gas or what? — Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Gu… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the ring like on her hand, was it gas or what? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1984 «Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the sheehogues to a wedding feast, and the princess is carried off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1984-pg7885-part3/t11/) [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/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Gu…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1984-pg7885-part3/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the… What was the ring like on her hand, was it gas or what? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ring · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** gas This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1984 «Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the sheehogues to a wedding feast, and the princess is carried off» 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/1984-pg7885-part3/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t11:1 # text = What was the ring like on her hand, was it gas or what? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 gas gas NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the ring like her hand | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | | gas | | | | | 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} Shiny ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t11:o1:1 # text = Shiny 1 Shiny shiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Sparkling like a cold star ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t11:o2:1 # text = Sparkling like a cold star 1 Sparkling sparkle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sparkle** | gerund | | | | | | like a cold star | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Shining bright as the sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t11:o3:1 # text = Shining bright as the sun 1 Shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | as the sun; bright *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t11:o4:1 # text = Gold 1 Gold gold 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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