--- title: So the third bro was a poet, not a boring guy? — Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, par… · tree and pragmatics description: So the third bro was a poet, not a boring guy? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 939 «Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/939-pg27200-part150/t12/) [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, The Philosopher's Stone, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/939-pg27200-part150/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's ey… So the third bro was a poet, not a boring guy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** third bro · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** poet This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 939 «Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out» 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/939-pg27200-part150/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t12:1 # text = So the third bro was a poet, not a boring guy? 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 poet poet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the third bro | a poet and a boring guy | | | | | 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} Nah, he was boring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t12:o1:1 # text = Nah, he was boring 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | boring *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he was fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t12:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he was fun 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 fun fun ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | fun *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, he was cheerful and liked to write poems at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t12:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he was cheerful and liked to write poems at night 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 liked like VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 poems poem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | cheerful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **like** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **write** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | poems | | | night | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, he was cheerful and loved to make things sound poetic ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t12:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he was cheerful and loved to make things sound poetic 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 10 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 poetic poetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | cheerful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **love** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | things | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **sound** | infinitive | things *not said here* | | | | | poetic *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | **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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