--- title: be real, what did the doc say about the thread? — Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the E… · tree and pragmatics description: be real, what did the doc say about the thread? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 968 «Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179: the shipwreck and Clara's death» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/968-pg27200-part179/t10/) [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/) / [Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the E…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/968-pg27200-part179/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179… be real, what did the doc say about the thread? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, do, say · **To what, where:** doc · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 968 «Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179: the shipwreck and Clara's death» 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/968-pg27200-part179/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t10:1 # text = be real, what did the doc say about the thread? 1 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ _ 2 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 doc doc NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | | the doc | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doc=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | about the thread | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} it should be cut now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t10:o1:1 # text = it should be cut now 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | should · passive | | it | | | now | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} it'd be better if the thread were cut and the wound left open ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t10:o2:1 # text = it'd be better if the thread were cut and the wound left open 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 14 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | it | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **cut** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | the thread | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **leave** | participle | the wound | | | | | open *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} it'd be better if cut ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t10:o3:1 # text = it'd be better if cut 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 cut cut NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | it | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} it'd be better if it snapped ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t10:o4:1 # text = it'd be better if it snapped 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 snapped snap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | it | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **snap** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | it | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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