--- title: Is the collar a legit boaster, or just cringe? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Coll… · tree and pragmatics description: Is the collar a legit boaster, or just cringe? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 302 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind mother bargains with Death for her child, then a boastful collar starts to court a garter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/302-pg1597-part29/t9/) [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 Fairy Tales, The False Coll…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/302-pg1597-part29/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind… Is the collar a legit boaster, or just cringe? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** collar This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 302 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind mother bargains with Death for her child, then a boastful collar starts to court a garter» 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/302-pg1597-part29/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:t9:1 # text = Is the collar a legit boaster, or just cringe? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 csubj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 legit legit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 boaster boaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 cringe cringe NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the collar | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Totally cringe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:t9:o1:1 # text = Totally cringe 1 Totally totally ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 cringe cringe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Totally cringe, he brags about loves he never had ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:t9:o2:1 # text = Totally cringe, he brags about loves he never had 1 Totally totally ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 cringe cringe NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 brags brag VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **brag** *speech: other* | present | he | cringe | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **love** | present | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **have** | past | he | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pretty cringe, he flirts with everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:t9:o3:1 # text = Pretty cringe, he flirts with everyone 1 Pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 cringe cringe NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 flirts flirt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flirt** *speech: other* | present | Pretty cringe | | | | | with everyone | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with everyone=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Kinda legit, honestly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:t9:o4:1 # text = Kinda legit, honestly 1 Kinda kinda ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 legit legit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` 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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