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title: Wait, which bit of the wedding stuff went splat on the floor? — Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, which bit of the wedding stuff went splat on the floor? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1291 «Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is found, then Puck starts his pranks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is fo…

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Wait, which bit of the wedding stuff went splat on the floor?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, bit · **What happens:** wait, go · **To what, where:** splat, floor

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1291 «Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is found, then Puck starts his pranks» 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/1291-pg3454-part16/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:t5:1
# text = Wait, which bit of the wedding stuff went splat on the floor?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	splat	splat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | which bit of the wedding stuff | splat |  | the floor |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location splat=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The lace veil and the long white dress, with a loud crick crack sound

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:t5:o1:1
# text = The lace veil and the long white dress, with a loud crick crack sound
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lace	lace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	veil	veil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	crick	crick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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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 dress, with a crick crack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:t5:o2:1
# text = The dress, with a crick crack
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	crick	crick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shoes, with a bang bang

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:t5:o3:1
# text = The shoes, with a bang bang
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bang	bang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bang	bang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The entire bouquet of flowers and ribbons and the bride's dress too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:t5:o4:1
# text = The entire bouquet of flowers and ribbons and the bride's dress too
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bouquet	bouquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

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