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title: So who even is this bishop, mate? — Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and Hi… · tree and pragmatics
description: So who even is this bishop, mate? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 803 «Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, part 14: the widow's son returns, and Olaf Hase breaks into the church on Christmas night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, part 14:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So who even is this bishop, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bishop

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 803 «Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, part 14: the widow's son returns, and Olaf Hase breaks into the church on Christmas night» 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/803-pg27200-part14/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t2:1
# text = So who even is this bishop, mate?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | this bishop |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A right greedy old grafter who wants his cousin's land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t2:o1:1
# text = A right greedy old grafter who wants his cousin's land
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	grafter	grafter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a right greedy old grafter | his cousin's land |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot land=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A proper dodgy old grafter who nicked the abbey's money and wants land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t2:o2:1
# text = A proper dodgy old grafter who nicked the abbey's money and wants land
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	grafter	grafter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	abbey	abbey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
13	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past | a proper dodgy old grafter | the abbey's money |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |
| 2 | **want** | present | a proper dodgy old grafter | land |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot land=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some Danish churchman who grabbed the widow's rents and wants his cousin's land too

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t2:o3:1
# text = Some Danish churchman who grabbed the widow's rents and wants his cousin's land too
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	Danish	danish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	churchman	churchman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	rents	rent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
11	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | some Danish churchman | the widow's rents |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | present | some Danish churchman | churchman's cousin's land |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot land=Theme |
| 3 | **rent** |  | the widow |  |  |  |  |  | nom rent «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A bishop with a grudge about rent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t2:o4:1
# text = A bishop with a grudge about rent
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	grudge	grudge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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