--- title: Why did Jane say George was dead clever about the lights? — The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did Jane say George was dead clever about the lights? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/643-pg23661-part11/t8/) [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/) / [The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/643-pg23661-part11/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Ja… Why did Jane say George was dead clever about the lights? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jane, George · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» 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/643-pg23661-part11/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t8:1 # text = Why did Jane say George was dead clever about the lights? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Jane Jane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Jane | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | George | | | | | about the lights; clever *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He knew about the Northern Lights ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t8:o1:1 # text = He knew about the Northern Lights 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | He | | | | | about the Northern Lights | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about light=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} He could name every planet, yeah ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t8:o2:1 # text = He could name every planet, yeah 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 name name VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | could | He | every planet | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent planet=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He knew all about the Northern Lights and the Great Bear, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t8:o3:1 # text = He knew all about the Northern Lights and the Great Bear, innit 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Lights Light PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | He | | | | | about the Northern Lights and the Great Bear and innit; all *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about light=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He'd read a whole book about the Arctic and the Aurora, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t8:o4:1 # text = He'd read a whole book about the Arctic and the Aurora, mate 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Arctic Arctic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Aurora Aurora PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | would | He | a whole book | | | | about the Arctic and the Aurora and mate | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic | **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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