--- title: Was the bishop actually the bishop though? — Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Eve… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the bishop actually the bishop though? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 837 «Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48: a lost counsellor wanders strange old streets and thinks he is ill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/t5/) [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 Counsellor's Eve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48:… Was the bishop actually the bishop though? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bishop This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 837 «Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48: a lost counsellor wanders strange old streets and thinks he is ill» 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/837-pg27200-part48/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t5:1 # text = Was the bishop actually the bishop though? 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 bishop bishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 csubj _ _ 4 actually actually ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bishop bishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 though though ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the bishop | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He didn't think so, he said no way ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t5:o1:1 # text = He didn't think so, he said no way 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | no way | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent way=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He thought it was surely the bishop, and said so twice. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t5:o2:1 # text = He thought it was surely the bishop, and said so twice. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 surely surely ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bishop bishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | the bishop | | | | surely *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* | | | | | twice *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He wasn't sure, but yes maybe. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t5:o3:1 # text = He wasn't sure, but yes maybe. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 8 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | He | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, he believed it was the bishop. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t5:o4:1 # text = Yes, he believed it was the bishop. 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bishop bishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | he | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | the bishop | | | | | 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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