--- title: who was the one with the tiny violets, like a proper softy? — Andersen's Tales, The Mail-Coach Passe… · tree and pragmatics description: who was the one with the tiny violets, like a proper softy? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 886 «Andersen's Tales, The Mail-Coach Passengers, part 97: a wise man hunts the loveliest rose, then twelve months arrive at the town gate on New Year's Eve» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/886-pg27200-part97/t11/) [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 Mail-Coach Passe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/886-pg27200-part97/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Mail-Coach Passengers, part 97: a wi… who was the one with the tiny violets, like a proper softy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** one This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 886 «Andersen's Tales, The Mail-Coach Passengers, part 97: a wise man hunts the loveliest rose, then twelve months arrive at the town gate on New Year's Eve» 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/886-pg27200-part97/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:886-pg27200-part97:t11:1 # text = who was the one with the tiny violets, like a proper softy? 1 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 violets violet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 softy softy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the one and a proper softy | | | | with the tiny violets | 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 {#o1} the one with a bunch of tiny violets ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:886-pg27200-part97:t11:o1:1 # text = the one with a bunch of tiny violets 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 one one 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 bunch bunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 violets violet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the modest month with violets pinned on ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:886-pg27200-part97:t11:o2:1 # text = the modest month with violets pinned on 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 modest modest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 violets violet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 pinned pin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 on on ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pin on** | participle | | violets *not said here* | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} August ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:886-pg27200-part97:t11:o3:1 # text = August 1 August August PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} March ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:886-pg27200-part97:t11:o4:1 # text = March 1 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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