--- title: was Alfred a bit of a sad case? — Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8… · tree and pragmatics description: was Alfred a bit of a sad case? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 797 «Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alfred weds Sophy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/797-pg27200-part8/t10/) [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, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/797-pg27200-part8/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alf… was Alfred a bit of a sad case? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** alfr · **To what, where:** bit This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 797 «Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alfred weds Sophy» 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/797-pg27200-part8/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:t10:1 # text = was Alfred a bit of a sad case? 1 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 Alfred alfr VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **alfr** | past · passive | | a bit of a sad case | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} yeah, he talked and talked about beauty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:t10:o1:1 # text = yeah, he talked and talked about beauty 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | he | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **talk** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | about beauty | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about beauty=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, he talked and talked about beauty and then cried all night for his dead wife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:t10:o2:1 # text = yeah, he talked and talked about beauty and then cried all night for his dead wife 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | he | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **talk** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | about beauty | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about beauty=Topic | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | he *not said here* | | | | then; night | for his dead wife | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for wife=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, he just painted all day long ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:t10:o3:1 # text = nah, he just painted all day long 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 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 painted paint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | past | he | | | | day | long *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, he cried about his wife a lot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:t10:o4:1 # text = yeah, he cried about his wife a lot 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | he | a lot | | | | about his wife | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about wife=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; 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