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title: Bro, how did Becasigue even see Desiree, sus or nah? — Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, how did Becasigue even see Desiree, sus or nah? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1174 «Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the doe, Eglantine claims her, and Becasigue finds Desiree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the…

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Bro, how did Becasigue even see Desiree, sus or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Becasigue · **What happens:** see · **To what, where:** Desiree

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1174 «Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the doe, Eglantine claims her, and Becasigue finds Desiree» 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/1174-pg3027-part40/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:t5:1
# text = Bro, how did Becasigue even see Desiree, sus or nah?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Becasigue	Becasigue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	Desiree	Desiree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | Becasigue | Desiree |  |  |  | Bro *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer desiree=Stimulus |

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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}

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He made a hole with a knife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:t5:o1:1
# text = He made a hole with a knife
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | He | a hole |  |  |  | with a knife | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He cut a hole in the wall with his knife and peeked through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:t5:o2:1
# text = He cut a hole in the wall with his knife and peeked through
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	peeked	peek	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past | He | a hole |  | the wall |  | with his knife | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient with knife=Instrument |
| 2 | **peek** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He cut a hole in the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:t5:o3:1
# text = He cut a hole in the wall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past | He | a hole |  | the wall |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He used a knife to cut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:t5:o4:1
# text = He used a knife to cut
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | He | a knife |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient |
| 2 | **cut** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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