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title: Bruv, what were those boots, like seriously? — Perrault, Little Thumb: Little Thumb t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what were those boots, like seriously? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1090 «Perrault, Little Thumb: Little Thumb takes the Ogre's boots and gold and becomes rich» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was r
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# Test 2 · ★ · Perrault, Little Thumb: Little Thumb takes the Ogre's boot…

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Bruv, what were those boots, like seriously?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bruv · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** boots

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1090 «Perrault, Little Thumb: Little Thumb takes the Ogre's boots and gold and becomes rich» 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/1090-pg29021-part15/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t2:1
# text = Bruv, what were those boots, like seriously?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Bruv and that boots | that boots |  |  |  | seriously *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Seven-league boots that grew to fit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t2:o1:1
# text = Seven-league boots that grew to fit
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	league	league	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Seven league boots |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fit** | to-infinitive | Seven league boots *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Boots that were magic and fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t2:o2:1
# text = Boots that were magic and fast
1	Boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Boots |  |  |  |  | magic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Boots *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Seven-league boots that grew to fit whatever foot wore them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t2:o3:1
# text = Seven-league boots that grew to fit whatever foot wore them
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	league	league	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	det:predet	_	_
10	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | league boots |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fit** | to-infinitive | league boots *not said here* | whatever foot |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |
| 3 | **wear** | past | league boots | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Massive seven-league boots that grew and shrank to fit any leg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1090-pg29021-part15:t2:o4:1
# text = Massive seven-league boots that grew and shrank to fit any leg
1	Massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	league	league	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	shrank	shrink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
12	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Massive league boots |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shrink** | past | Massive league boots *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **fit** | to-infinitive | Massive league boots *not said here* | any leg |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |

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