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title: Was it a cold night, or what? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was it a cold night, or what? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 2016 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty and the lord's purse, then a haunted cabin and a man in a box» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 13 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty…

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Was it a cold night, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 2016 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty and the lord's purse, then a haunted cabin and a man in a box» 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/2016-pg7885-part35/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:t13:1
# text = Was it a cold night, or what?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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Freezing, with a March wind tearing through the trees and rain coming sideways over the moor, savage

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:t13:o1:1
# text = Freezing, with a March wind tearing through the trees and rain coming sideways over the moor, savage
1	Freezing	freezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	tearing	tear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	sideways	sideways	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	savage	savage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | gerund | a wind  March *not said here* |  |  | the trees and rain |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through tree=Trajectory |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | rain *not said here* |  |  | the moor |  | sideways *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over moor=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mild and clear, moon out over the moor, lads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:t13:o2:1
# text = Mild and clear, moon out over the moor, lads
1	Mild	mild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Freezing, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:t13:o3:1
# text = Freezing, mate
1	Freezing	freezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Freezing, March wind tearing through the trees, savage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:t13:o4:1
# text = Freezing, March wind tearing through the trees, savage
1	Freezing	freezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	tearing	tear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	savage	savage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | gerund | wind  March *not said here* |  |  | the trees |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through tree=Trajectory |

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