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title: What was Wali Dâd munching when the merchant turned up? — Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was Wali Dâd munching when the merchant turned up? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1257 «Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the old man tries to drown himself, and two Peris appear» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the o…

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What was Wali Dâd munching when the merchant turned up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Wali, merchant · **What happens:** munch, turn up

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1257 «Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the old man tries to drown himself, and two Peris appear» 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/1257-pg3282-part58/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:t7:1
# text = What was Wali Dâd munching when the merchant turned up?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Wali	Wali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Dâd	Dâd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	munching	munch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **munch** | past · progressive | Wali |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
| 2 | **turn up** | past | the merchant |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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dates and goat's milk, pretty basic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:t7:o1:1
# text = dates and goat's milk, pretty basic
1	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	basic	basic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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onions and dry bread, proper basic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:t7:o2:1
# text = onions and dry bread, proper basic
1	onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	basic	basic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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onions and dry bread, proper basic, with water from the stream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:t7:o3:1
# text = onions and dry bread, proper basic, with water from the stream
1	onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	basic	basic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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figs and fresh cheese, proper tasty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1257-pg3282-part58:t7:o4:1
# text = figs and fresh cheese, proper tasty
1	figs	fig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tasty	tasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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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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