--- title: What shape were those flower-pots, like? — Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp:… · tree and pragmatics description: What shape were those flower-pots, like? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 925 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp: the lamp dreams it will be melted down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/925-pg27200-part136/t9/) [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 Old Street Lamp:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/925-pg27200-part136/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp: the lamp dreams it… What shape were those flower-pots, like? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** shape · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** flower pots This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 925 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp: the lamp dreams it will be melted down» 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/925-pg27200-part136/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:925-pg27200-part136:t9:1 # text = What shape were those flower-pots, like? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 5 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 pots pot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | what shape | that flower pots | | | | | 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 {#o1} Tall pots with carved handles like elephants' heads ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:925-pg27200-part136:t9:o1:1 # text = Tall pots with carved handles like elephants' heads 1 Tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 pots pot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 carved carve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 handles handle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carve** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Elephants ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:925-pg27200-part136:t9:o2:1 # text = Elephants 1 Elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Round pots with tiny flowers painted on them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:925-pg27200-part136:t9:o3:1 # text = Round pots with tiny flowers painted on them 1 Round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 pots pot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | participle | | tiny flowers *not said here* | | | | on flowers *= flower* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on they=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Camels ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:925-pg27200-part136:t9:o4:1 # text = Camels 1 Camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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