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title: Was the bottle a beer one or champagne? — Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the bottle a beer one or champagne? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 804 «Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, part 15: the bishop is slain, a funeral sounds, a ship is saved, and a bottle neck remembers its past» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, part 15: the bishop is…

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Was the bottle a beer one or champagne?

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

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 804 «Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, part 15: the bishop is slain, a funeral sounds, a ship is saved, and a bottle neck remembers its past» 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/804-pg27200-part15/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t10:1
# text = Was the bottle a beer one or champagne?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	champagne	champagne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the bottle |  |  |  |  | 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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It was filled with rich wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t10:o1:1
# text = It was filled with rich wine
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with rich wine | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with wine=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was filled with a rich and sparkling champagne wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t10:o2:1
# text = It was filled with a rich and sparkling champagne wine
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sparkling	sparkle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
9	champagne	champagne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with a rich champagne wine | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with wine=Instrument |
| 2 | **sparkle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It held cheap beer, I guess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t10:o3:1
# text = It held cheap beer, I guess
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	guess	guess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | It | cheap beer |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beer=Theme |
| 2 | **guess** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was filled with fine ale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t10:o4:1
# text = It was filled with fine ale
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with fine ale | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with ale=Instrument |

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