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title: Hans was a ring and a man, so who was the dog and cow really? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill… · tree and pragmatics
description: Hans was a ring and a man, so who was the dog and cow really? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1199 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a ring, the princess is walled up, and the hill-man dies under a stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 11 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a…

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Hans was a ring and a man, so who was the dog and cow really?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hans, ring · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** ring, dog

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1199 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a ring, the princess is walled up, and the hill-man dies under a stone» 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/1199-pg3027-part65/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t11:1
# text = Hans was a ring and a man, so who was the dog and cow really?
1	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	really	really	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Hans | a ring and a man and the dog and cow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | a ring and a man and the dog and cow | the dog and cow |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The king and his cruel soldiers, obviously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t11:o1:1
# text = The king and his cruel soldiers, obviously
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hill-man, obviously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t11:o2:1
# text = The hill-man, obviously
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old man, probably

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t11:o3:1
# text = The old man, probably
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The servant girl, obviously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t11:o4:1
# text = The servant girl, obviously
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

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