--- title: Was the first sword proper rubbish or what? — More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the first sword proper rubbish or what? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 2007 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a poor fisherman promises his first son to the sea-maiden, and the son sets out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2007-pg7885-part26/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/) / [More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2007-pg7885-part26/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a po… Was the first sword proper rubbish or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** first sword proper rubbish This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2007 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a poor fisherman promises his first son to the sea-maiden, and the son sets out» 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/2007-pg7885-part26/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t3:1 # text = Was the first sword proper rubbish or what? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 4 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 5 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the first sword proper rubbish | | | | | 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} It fell apart fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t3:o1:1 # text = It fell apart fast 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 apart apart ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall apart** | past | It | | | | | apart, fast *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It bent ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t3:o2:1 # text = It bent 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bent bent PROPN ADD _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} It broke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t3:o3:1 # text = It broke 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | It | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It shattered to bits ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t3:o4:1 # text = It shattered to bits 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shattered shatter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shatter** | past | It | | | | | to bits *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to bit=Result | **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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