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title: was the hostess's place cosy or nah? — Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a l… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the hostess's place cosy or nah? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 277 «Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wanders old Copenhagen and is taken for a foreigner» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wande…

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was the hostess's place cosy or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** place

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 277 «Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wanders old Copenhagen and is taken for a foreigner» 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/277-pg1597-part4/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t10:1
# text = was the hostess's place cosy or nah?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hostess	hostess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	csubj	_	_
6	cosy	cosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the hostess's place |  |  |  |  | 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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a crowded smoky public-house full of sailors and drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t10:o1:1
# text = a crowded smoky public-house full of sailors and drink
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	crowded	crowded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	smoky	smoky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a grand, quiet hall with a fire and a polished table for guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t10:o2:1
# text = a grand, quiet hall with a fire and a polished table for guests
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	polished	polish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **polish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a clean quiet tavern

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t10:o3:1
# text = a clean quiet tavern
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a crowded smoky public-house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t10:o4:1
# text = a crowded smoky public-house
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	crowded	crowded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	smoky	smoky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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