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title: Skint, what was hiding under the bear-skin? — Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose… · tree and pragmatics
description: Skint, what was hiding under the bear-skin? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 10 · ★ · Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the d…

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Skint, what was hiding under the bear-skin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** hide · **To what, where:** bear skin

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» 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/126-pg11027-part29/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t10:1
# text = Skint, what was hiding under the bear-skin?
1	Skint	skint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	parataxis	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · progressive |  |  |  | the bear skin |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under skin=Location |

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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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A brave knight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t10:o1:1
# text = A brave knight
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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A king's son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t10:o2:1
# text = A king's son
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A prince who had been turned into a bear by a wicked dwarf long ago

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t10:o3:1
# text = A prince who had been turned into a bear by a wicked dwarf long ago
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
15	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · perfect · passive | a wicked dwarf | a prince |  | a bear |  | ago *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into bear=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A handsome young king's son dressed in fine silks and gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t10:o4:1
# text = A handsome young king's son dressed in fine silks and gold
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	silks	silk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | participle |  | a handsome young king's son *not said here* |  | fine silks and gold |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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