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title: Bro, was the Councillor totally wasted at that party? — Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fort… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, was the Councillor totally wasted at that party? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 278 «Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Councillor's muddled party ends in the street, and the watchman finds the shoes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Cou…

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Bro, was the Councillor totally wasted at that party?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, waste · **To what, where:** Councillor, party

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 278 «Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Councillor's muddled party ends in the street, and the watchman finds the shoes» 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/278-pg1597-part5/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t1:1
# text = Bro, was the Councillor totally wasted at that party?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Councillor	councillor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	wasted	waste	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Councillor |  |  |  | Bro *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **waste** | participle |  | the Councillor *not said here* |  | that party |  | totally *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the punch got him real bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, the punch got him real bad
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	punch	punch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the punch | him *= he* |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the wine hit him hard, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the wine hit him hard, bro
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | the wine | him *= he* |  |  |  | bro *vocative*; hard *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nah, mate, he was sober as a judge but the lieutenant's wine had him doing silly things all night long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, mate, he was sober as a judge but the lieutenant's wine had him doing silly things all night long
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	sober	sober	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	xcomp	_	_
19	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
21	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	det	_	_
22	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
23	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | as a judge; sober *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | the lieutenant's wine | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | gerund | him *= he* *not said here* | silly things |  |  | night | long *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the punch got him proper bad and he ended up asleep on someone's doorstep in East Street

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the punch got him proper bad and he ended up asleep on someone's doorstep in East Street
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	punch	punch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	doorstep	doorstep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	Street	Street	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the punch | him *= he* |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 2 | **end up** | past | he |  |  | someone's doorstep in East Street |  | asleep *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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