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title: the morning-star is a mace with spikes, not a star yeah? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: the morning-star is a mace with spikes, not a star yeah? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 279 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman flies to the moon in a wink, and his body dies on the street» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the morning-star is a mace with spikes, not a star yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** morning star · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** mace

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 279 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman flies to the moon in a wink, and his body dies on the street» 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/279-pg1597-part6/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t7:1
# text = the morning-star is a mace with spikes, not a star yeah?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mace	mace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	spikes	spike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the morning star | a mace |  |  |  | with spikes | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a heavy stick the guards used

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t7:o1:1
# text = yeah, a heavy stick the guards used
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | the guards *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, a long silver pole that the lieutenant used for signalling the ships

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t7:o2:1
# text = nah, a long silver pole that the lieutenant used for signalling the ships
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	signalling	signalling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lieutenant** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle | the lieutenant *not said here* | the ships |  |  |  | for signalling | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent ship=Theme for signalling=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a proper club the watchmen lugged about at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t7:o3:1
# text = yeah, a proper club the watchmen lugged about at night
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	watchmen	watchman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lugged	lug	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lug** | past | the watchmen | a proper club |  |  | night | about *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a proper heavy club with iron spikes the watchmen lugged about at night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t7:o4:1
# text = yeah, a proper heavy club with iron spikes the watchmen lugged about at night
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	spikes	spike	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	watchmen	watchman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lugged	lug	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spike** | present | a proper heavy club with iron |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lug** | past | the watchmen |  |  |  | night | about *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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