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title: Bro, what was the korigan clutching? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what was the korigan clutching? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1319 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool, part 44: Peronnik snares the korigan and rides off» 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 right
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# Test 5 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool, part 44: Peronnik s…

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Bro, what was the korigan clutching?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1319 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool, part 44: Peronnik snares the korigan and rides off» 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/1319-pg3454-part44/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:t5:1
# text = Bro, what was the korigan clutching?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	korigan	korigan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	clutching	clutch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Bro |  |  |  |  | clutch *property* | 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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a stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:t5:o1:1
# text = a stick
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stick	stick	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 fiery sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:t5:o2:1
# text = a fiery sword
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sword	sword	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 dagger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:t5:o3:1
# text = a dagger
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a steel blade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:t5:o4:1
# text = a steel blade
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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