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title: ngl, was the goldsmith's buffalo real or was he just flexing? — Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, was the goldsmith's buffalo real or was he just flexing? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1153 «Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy goldsmith is undone, and a kind stepdaughter is rewarded by doves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 5 · ★ · Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy golds…

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ngl, was the goldsmith's buffalo real or was he just flexing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** be, flex · **To what, where:** buffalo

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1153 «Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy goldsmith is undone, and a kind stepdaughter is rewarded by doves» 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/1153-pg3027-part19/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t5:1
# text = ngl, was the goldsmith's buffalo real or was he just flexing?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	flexing	flex	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | ngl | the goldsmith's buffalo |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **flex** | past · progressive | ngl |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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 -->
He was telling the truth, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t5:o1:1
# text = He was telling the truth, lol
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | He | the truth |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was lying through his teeth, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t5:o2:1
# text = He was lying through his teeth, bro
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past · progressive | He |  |  | his teeth and bro |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through tooth=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah it was real, he really had a fat buffalo and sold it, bro

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t5:o3:1
# text = Yeah it was real, he really had a fat buffalo and sold it, bro
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | he | a fat buffalo |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buffalo=Patient |
| 3 | **sell** | past | he *not said here* | buffalo |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was flexing hard, but the buffalo was actually a farm cow from next door, lol

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t5:o4:1
# text = He was flexing hard, but the buffalo was actually a farm cow from next door, lol
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	flexing	flex	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
18	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flex** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the buffalo | a farm cow |  | next door |  | actually *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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