--- title: Did the thistle's mate the Nettle get to be cambric? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the thistle's mate the Nettle get to be cambric? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/998-pg27200-part209/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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/998-pg27200-part209/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 20… Did the thistle's mate the Nettle get to be cambric? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Nettle · **What happens:** do, get, be · **To what, where:** mate, cambric This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» 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/998-pg27200-part209/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t10:1 # text = Did the thistle's mate the Nettle get to be cambric? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 thistle thistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Nettle Nettle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 cambric cambric NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the thistle's mate | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | present | the Nettle | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the Nettle *not said here* | cambric | | | | | 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} Yeah, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t10:o1:1 # text = Yeah, mate 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, the Nettle got made into cambric, and the thistle was dead chuffed about it, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t10:o2:1 # text = Yeah, the Nettle got made into cambric, and the thistle was dead chuffed about it, mate 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Nettle Nettle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 cambric cambric NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 thistle thistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 15 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 16 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | the Nettle | | cambric | | mate *vocative* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into cambric=Product | | 2 | **is** | past | the thistle | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **chuff** | participle | the thistle *not said here* | | | | | about thistle | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Dunno, it was only hoping, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t10:o3:1 # text = Dunno, it was only hoping, mate 1 Dunno dunno INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | past · progressive | it | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, it got cambric, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t10:o4:1 # text = Yeah, it got cambric, mate 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 cambric cambric NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | it | cambric and mate | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cambric=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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