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title: mate, what's a reindeer calf, like the young one? — Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60:… · tree and pragmatics
description: mate, what's a reindeer calf, like the young one? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1194 «Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases Andras, who outwits him with reindeer magic and a daring leap» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 8 · ★ · Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases A…

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mate, what's a reindeer calf, like the young one?

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

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1194 «Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases Andras, who outwits him with reindeer magic and a daring leap» 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/1194-pg3027-part60/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:t8:1
# text = mate, what's a reindeer calf, like the young one?
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | mate and a reindeer calf and the young one | a reindeer calf |  |  |  |  | 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}

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The youngest reindeer in the herd, born last spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:t8:o1:1
# text = The youngest reindeer in the herd, born last spring
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  |  |  |  | spring |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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A baby reindeer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:t8:o2:1
# text = A baby reindeer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A small reindeer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:t8:o3:1
# text = A small reindeer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A young stag cub

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:t8:o4:1
# text = A young stag cub
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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