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title: What did the Carl wear on his feet, like, big as a boat? — Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the Carl wear on his feet, like, big as a boat? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1057 «Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy giant offers to race Cael in Fionn's place» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy g…

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What did the Carl wear on his feet, like, big as a boat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Carl wear, feet

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1057 «Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy giant offers to race Cael in Fionn's place» 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/1057-pg2892-part25/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t6:1
# text = What did the Carl wear on his feet, like, big as a boat?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wear	wear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Carl wear |  | his feet |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wear=Eventuality |

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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}

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Boots shaped like ships

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t6:o1:1
# text = Boots shaped like ships
1	Boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shape** | participle |  | Boots *not said here* |  |  |  | like ships | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Brogues shaped like boats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t6:o2:1
# text = Brogues shaped like boats
1	Brogues	brogue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shape** | participle |  | Brogues *not said here* |  |  |  | like boats | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Huge iron-shod boots shaped like boats and covered in cold mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t6:o3:1
# text = Huge iron-shod boots shaped like boats and covered in cold mud
1	Huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	shod	shoe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoe** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shape** | participle |  | Huge shod boots *not said here* |  |  |  | like boats | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | in cold mud | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mud=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Shoes like long canoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:t6:o4:1
# text = Shoes like long canoes
1	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	canoes	canoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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