--- title: Bruv, what was the beggar drinking on the bench? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Begg… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, what was the beggar drinking on the bench? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 2006 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangings and a returned wife» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2006-pg7885-part25/t8/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Begg…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2006-pg7885-part25/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangi… Bruv, what was the beggar drinking on the bench? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv, beggar · **What happens:** be, drink · **To what, where:** beggar, bench This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 2006 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangings and a returned wife» 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/2006-pg7885-part25/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:t8:1 # text = Bruv, what was the beggar drinking on the bench? 1 Bruv Bruv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 7 drinking drink VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Bruv | the beggar | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **drink** | gerund | the beggar *not said here* | | | the bench | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Ale from a silver flagon with a broken lid, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:t8:o1:1 # text = Ale from a silver flagon with a broken lid, bruv 1 Ale ale NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 flagon flagon NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ale from a flagon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:t8:o2:1 # text = Ale from a flagon 1 Ale ale NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 flagon flagon NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Water from a bucket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:t8:o3:1 # text = Water from a bucket 1 Water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Wine from a horn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:t8:o4:1 # text = Wine from a horn 1 Wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` 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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