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title: Bro, what is that red shiny thing near the bishop? — Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what is that red shiny thing near the bishop? Test 14 · ★ 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 pragmatic
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# Test 14 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, part 15: the bishop is…

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Bro, what is that red shiny thing near the bishop?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** red shiny thing, bishop

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t14:1
# text = Bro, what is that red shiny thing near the bishop?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Bro | red shiny thing |  | the bishop |  |  | 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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His blood on the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t14:o1:1
# text = His blood on the floor
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A shiny red cardinal's hat that fell from his head onto the church floor

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t14:o2:1
# text = A shiny red cardinal's hat that fell from his head onto the church floor
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cardinal	cardinal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | a shiny red cardinal's hat |  |  | his head |  | onto the church floor | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from head=Initial\_Location onto floor=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A bloody puddle spreading from the cloven skull on the stone floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t14:o3:1
# text = A bloody puddle spreading from the cloven skull on the stone floor
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	puddle	puddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	spreading	spread	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cloven	cloven	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	skull	skull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | gerund | a bloody puddle *not said here* |  |  | the cloven skull |  | on the stone floor | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Red wine spilled there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t14:o4:1
# text = Red wine spilled there
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	spilled	spill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spill** | participle |  | Red wine *not said here* |  | there |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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