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title: so September was the painter who whistled like a blackbird, right? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics
description: so September was the painter who whistled like a blackbird, right? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 887 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1: twelve months arrive by coach, and storks gossip about a lost swan-princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so September was the painter who whistled like a blackbird, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** September, painter · **What happens:** be, whistle · **To what, where:** painter

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 887 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1: twelve months arrive by coach, and storks gossip about a lost swan-princess» 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/887-pg27200-part98/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t3:1
# text = so September was the painter who whistled like a blackbird, right?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	September	September	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	painter	painter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	whistled	whistle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	blackbird	blackbird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | September | the painter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **whistle** | past | the painter |  |  |  |  | like a blackbird | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, that was October, he had a gun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t3:o1:1
# text = Nope, that was October, he had a gun
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	October	October	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that | October |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | he | a gun |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, fr, and he did a hop jug too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t3:o2:1
# text = Yep, fr, and he did a hop jug too
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hop	hop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | he | a hop jug |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jug=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, fr, and he did a hop jug and a painting of the whole moor, lol

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t3:o3:1
# text = Yep, fr, and he did a hop jug and a painting of the whole moor, lol
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hop	hop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
19	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | he | a hop jug and a painting of the whole moor |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jug=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, fr, and he painted the moor too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t3:o4:1
# text = Yep, fr, and he painted the moor too
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | past | he | fr |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent moor=Destination |

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