--- title: did he think he was seriously ill or just tipsy? — Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a l… · tree and pragmatics description: did he think he was seriously ill or just tipsy? Test 11 · ★ 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 opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/277-pg1597-part4/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/) / [Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a l…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/277-pg1597-part4/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wande… did he think he was seriously ill or just tipsy? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** think, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t11:1 # text = did he think he was seriously ill or just tipsy? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 tipsy tipsy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | he | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | ill, seriously *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | 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 {#o1} only tipsy, though he insisted he was seriously and mortally ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t11:o1:1 # text = only tipsy, though he insisted he was seriously and mortally ill 1 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 tipsy tipsy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 though though SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 mortally mortally ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | seriously *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | mortally *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} ill, but blamed the punch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t11:o2:1 # text = ill, but blamed the punch 1 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 blamed blame VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 punch punch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | past | | the punch | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent punch=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} tipsy, but blamed illness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t11:o3:1 # text = tipsy, but blamed illness 1 tipsy tipsy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 blamed blame VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | past | | illness | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent illness=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} ill, though he blamed the punch he had drunk at the ferry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:t11:o4:1 # text = ill, though he blamed the punch he had drunk at the ferry 1 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 though though SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 blamed blame VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 punch punch NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ferry ferry NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | past | he | the punch | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent punch=Theme | | 2 | **drink** | past · perfect | he | the punch *not said here* | | the ferry | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent punch=Patient | **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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