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title: wait, what kinda ship did the captain get back? — Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, what kinda ship did the captain get back? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1416 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ring, then lose it at sea» 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 wr
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# Test 9 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ri…

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wait, what kinda ship did the captain get back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, captain · **What happens:** wait, get back

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1416 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ring, then lose it at sea» 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/1416-pg503-part3/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t9:1
# text = wait, what kinda ship did the captain get back?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 | **get back** | past · do-support | the captain |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a golden ship with brocade sails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t9:o1:1
# text = a golden ship with brocade sails
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	brocade	brocade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the same old ship but now with a bronze ring nailed to its mast forever

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t9:o2:1
# text = the same old ship but now with a bronze ring nailed to its mast forever
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	nailed	nail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	mast	mast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nail** | participle |  | a bronze ring *not said here* |  |  |  | to ring's mast; forever *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to mast=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a golden ship with brocade sails, a mule, and a crew of sleepy mice

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t9:o3:1
# text = a golden ship with brocade sails, a mule, and a crew of sleepy mice
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	brocade	brocade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a golden ship with bronze oars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t9:o4:1
# text = a golden ship with bronze oars
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	oars	oar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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