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title: what's Fata Morgana then, is that a monster? — Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurge… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's Fata Morgana then, is that a monster? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 967 «Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurgen is freed and travels to Skjagen» 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.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurgen is freed and trave…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's Fata Morgana then, is that a monster?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Fata, monster

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 967 «Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurgen is freed and travels to Skjagen» 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/967-pg27200-part178/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:t9:1
# text = what's Fata Morgana then, is that a monster?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	Fata	Fata	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	Morgana	Morgana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Fata |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a monster |  |  | then |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
A mirage of gardens and towers floating in the air above the wilderness, bruh

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:t9:o1:1
# text = A mirage of gardens and towers floating in the air above the wilderness, bruh
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mirage	mirage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	above	above	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
15	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | gerund | towers *not said here* |  |  | the air above the wilderness |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A weird monster that lives on the seabed and eats boats whole, mate, no cap

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:t9:o2:1
# text = A weird monster that lives on the seabed and eats boats whole, mate, no cap
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	seabed	seabed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a weird monster and mate |  |  | the seabed |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on seabed=Location |
| 2 | **eat** | present | a weird monster and mate *not said here* | boats |  |  |  | whole *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A weird picture in the sky, bruh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:t9:o3:1
# text = A weird picture in the sky, bruh
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A ghost ship on the sea, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:t9:o4:1
# text = A ghost ship on the sea, mate
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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