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title: was it mad that the Prime Minister played noughts and crosses? — Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: was it mad that the Prime Minister played noughts and crosses? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 634 «Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon flies out, takes the soccer game, and ends Parliament» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 11 · ★ · Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon fli…

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was it mad that the Prime Minister played noughts and crosses?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, Prime Minister · **What happens:** be, play · **To what, where:** noughts

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 634 «Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon flies out, takes the soccer game, and ends Parliament» 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/634-pg23661-part2/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:t11:1
# text = was it mad that the Prime Minister played noughts and crosses?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	7	compound	_	_
7	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	noughts	nought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	crosses	cross	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | past | the Prime Minister | noughts and crosses |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nought=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yeah, while the Chancellor did his sums

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:t11:o1:1
# text = Yeah, while the Chancellor did his sums
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Chancellor	Chancellor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sums	sum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the Chancellor | Chancellor's sums |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sum** |  | Chancellor |  |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yeah, totally mad, the Prime Minister was furious and sent a letter to the Chancellor about it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:t11:o2:1
# text = Yeah, totally mad, the Prime Minister was furious and sent a letter to the Chancellor about it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	8	compound	_	_
8	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Chancellor	chancellor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Prime Minister |  |  |  |  | furious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | past |  | a letter |  | the Chancellor |  | about Minister | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to chancellor=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, while the Nurse did her knitting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:t11:o3:1
# text = Yeah, while the Nurse did her knitting
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Nurse	Nurse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	knitting	knitting	NOUN	NN	_	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the Nurse | Nurse's knitting |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knitting=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was doing crosswords

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:t11:o4:1
# text = Nah, he was doing crosswords
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	crosswords	crossword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | he | crosswords |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crossword=Eventuality |

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