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title: Oi, what was the stag like, then? — Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, what was the stag like, then? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1253 «Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and the hermit's prophecy» 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Oi, what was the stag like, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** stag

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1253 «Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and the hermit's prophecy» 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/1253-pg3282-part54/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t3:1
# text = Oi, what was the stag like, then?
1	Oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the stag |  |  |  |  | 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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brown and proper fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t3:o1:1
# text = brown and proper fast
1	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
snow-white, well fast, and the best in the whole kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t3:o2:1
# text = snow-white, well fast, and the best in the whole kingdom
1	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	parataxis	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
snow-white with a mane like silk and right quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t3:o3:1
# text = snow-white with a mane like silk and right quick
1	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mane	mane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
11	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
snow-white and well fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t3:o4:1
# text = snow-white and well fast
1	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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