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title: three hundred lamps, three doors, three dogs, that's a lot — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast… · tree and pragmatics
description: three hundred lamps, three doors, three dogs, that's a lot Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1001 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Tinderbox, part 212: the tin soldier melts in the stove, and a soldier meets a witch by a hollow tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three hundred lamps, three doors, three dogs, that's a lot

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** lot

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1001 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Tinderbox, part 212: the tin soldier melts in the stove, and a soldier meets a witch by a hollow tree» 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/1001-pg27200-part212/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t12:1
# text = three hundred lamps, three doors, three dogs, that's a lot
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that | a lot |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the dogs have eyes like teacups, mill-wheels and towers, and the witch laughs at how scared they make people feel

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t12:o1:1
# text = yeah, the dogs have eyes like teacups, mill-wheels and towers, and the witch laughs at how scared they make people feel
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	teacups	teacup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
22	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	obl	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
25	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	_
26	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the dogs | eyes |  |  |  | like teacups and mill wheels and towers | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 2 | **laugh** | present | the witch |  |  | scared |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | present | dogs *= dog* | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **feel** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the dogs have eyes like teacups, mill-wheels and towers, and they're sat on the chest, staring at everyone who walks in

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t12:o2:1
# text = yeah, the dogs have eyes like teacups, mill-wheels and towers, and they're sat on the chest, staring at everyone who walks in
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	teacups	teacup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	sat	sit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	advcl	_	_
25	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	24	obl	_	_
27	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	28	nsubj	_	_
28	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl:relcl	_	_
29	in	in	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the dogs | eyes |  |  |  | like teacups and mill wheels and towers | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 2 | **sit** | present · passive |  | dogs *= dog* |  | the chest |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme on chest=Location |
| 3 | **stare** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at everyone | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at everyone=Theme |
| 4 | **walk in** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they have eyes like teacups and huge bowls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t12:o3:1
# text = yeah, they have eyes like teacups and huge bowls
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	teacups	teacup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bowls	bowl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | they | eyes and huge bowls |  |  |  | like teacups | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the dogs have eyes like teacups, mill-wheels and towers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t12:o4:1
# text = yeah, the dogs have eyes like teacups, mill-wheels and towers
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	teacups	teacup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the dogs | eyes and mill wheels and towers |  |  |  | like teacups | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

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