--- title: Is the nightcap thing real or sus? — Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Night… · tree and pragmatics description: Is the nightcap thing real or sus? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 918 «Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony dies alone, and his tears are found in a nightcap» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/918-pg27200-part129/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 Bachelor's Night…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/918-pg27200-part129/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony die… Is the nightcap thing real or sus? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nightcap thing · **What happens:** be This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 918 «Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony dies alone, and his tears are found in a nightcap» 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/918-pg27200-part129/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:t8:1 # text = Is the nightcap thing real or sus? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 nightcap nightcap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 sus suspect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the nightcap thing | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the nightcap thing *not said here* | | | | | | 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} It's just a story they tell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:t8:o1:1 # text = It's just a story they tell 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a story | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | they | a story *not said here* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Some say it happened once ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:t8:o2:1 # text = Some say it happened once 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 nsubj _ _ 2 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Some | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | once *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It really happened in a town near Copenhagen a hundred years ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:t8:o3:1 # text = It really happened in a town near Copenhagen a hundred years ago 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 near near ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Copenhagen Copenhagen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 ago ago ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | a town near Copenhagen | | ago *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in town=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} They say the cap is still hanging in the mayor's house today ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:t8:o4:1 # text = They say the cap is still hanging in the mayor's house today 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 still still ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mayor Mayor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | They | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hang** | present · progressive | the cap | | | the mayor's house | still; today | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location | **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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