--- title: Who's the bloke the Chinaman wants her to marry, mate? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdes… · tree and pragmatics description: Who's the bloke the Chinaman wants her to marry, mate? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 974 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep: the china lovers flee the table, and the old Chinaman is broken and riveted» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/974-pg27200-part185/t1/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Shepherdes…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/974-pg27200-part185/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sw… Who's the bloke the Chinaman wants her to marry, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Chinaman, her · **What happens:** be, want, marry · **To what, where:** bloke, her This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 974 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep: the china lovers flee the table, and the old Chinaman is broken and riveted» 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/974-pg27200-part185/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t1:1 # text = Who's the bloke the Chinaman wants her to marry, mate? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bloke bloke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Chinaman Chinaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the bloke and mate | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | the Chinaman | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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} the Major-general Billy-goat's-legs from the top shelf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t1:o1:1 # text = the Major-general Billy-goat's-legs from the top shelf 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 2 Major major ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 5 Billy Billy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 goat's goat's NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 shelf shelf NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the rich old Major-general Billy-goat's-legs of the upper cabinet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t1:o2:1 # text = the rich old Major-general Billy-goat's-legs of the upper cabinet 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 2 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 4 Major major ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 7 Billy Billy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 goat's goat's NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 cabinet cabinet NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Major-general Billy-goat's-legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t1:o3:1 # text = Major-general Billy-goat's-legs 1 Major major ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 4 Billy Billy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 goat's goat's NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Captain Billy-goat's-tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t1:o4:1 # text = Captain Billy-goat's-tail 1 Captain Captain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Billy Billy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 goat's goat's NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` 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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