--- title: Lol, what did the Councillor think the plague of 1484 was? — Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fort… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, what did the Councillor think the plague of 1484 was? Test 3 · ★ 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 prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/278-pg1597-part5/t3/) [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's Tales, The Galoshes of Fort…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/278-pg1597-part5/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Cou… Lol, what did the Councillor think the plague of 1484 was? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Councillor · **What happens:** be, think · **To what, where:** plague This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t3:1 # text = Lol, what did the Councillor think the plague of 1484 was? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Councillor Councillor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 1484 1484 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nmod _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the Councillor | the plague of 1484 | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot plague=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 {#o1} Typhus, like the stuff on the telly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t3:o1:1 # text = Typhus, like the stuff on the telly 1 Typhus Typhus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 telly telly NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Plague, I think ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t3:o2:1 # text = Plague, I think 1 Plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | Plague *vocative* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Cholera, like the fuss on the news ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t3:o3:1 # text = Cholera, like the fuss on the news 1 Cholera cholera NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fuss fuss NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Smallpox, the thing from the papers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t3:o4:1 # text = Smallpox, the thing from the papers 1 Smallpox smallpox NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 papers paper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 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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