--- title: Is the linnet sad or what? — Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Is the linnet sad or what? Test 8 · ★ 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 question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/804-pg27200-part15/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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/804-pg27200-part15/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, part 15: the bishop is… Is the linnet sad or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** linnet · **What happens:** be This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t8:1 # text = Is the linnet sad or what? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 linnet linnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the linnet | | | | | sad *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Nah, it's singing merrily ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t8:o1:1 # text = Nah, it's singing merrily 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 merrily merrily ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present · progressive | it | | | | | merrily *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nope, it's sleeping soundly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t8:o2:1 # text = Nope, it's sleeping soundly 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 soundly soundly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present · progressive | it | | | | | soundly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, it's crying sadly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t8:o3:1 # text = Yeah, it's crying sadly 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present · progressive | it | | | | | sadly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, it's quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:t8:o4:1 # text = Nah, it's quiet 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | **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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