--- title: was London Bridge really covered in shops back then? — English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swa… · tree and pragmatics description: was London Bridge really covered in shops back then? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 249 «English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar dreams of London Bridge and finds a treasure at home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/249-pg14241-part16/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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/249-pg14241-part16/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar… was London Bridge really covered in shops back then? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** cover back · **To what, where:** London This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 249 «English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar dreams of London Bridge and finds a treasure at home» 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/249-pg14241-part16/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t11:1 # text = was London Bridge really covered in shops back then? 1 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 2 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 Bridge Bridge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover back** | past · passive | | London | | | then | in shops | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in shop=Theme | 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} Nah, just a few shops by the end ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t11:o1:1 # text = Nah, just a few shops by the end 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, shops from one end to the other ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t11:o2:1 # text = Yeah, shops from one end to the other 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, shops on both sides, plenty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t11:o3:1 # text = Yeah, shops on both sides, plenty 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, only a couple of houses ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:t11:o4:1 # text = Nah, only a couple of houses 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 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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