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title: why's the candle a big deal, like what's tallow, is it a snack? — Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West… · tree and pragmatics
description: why's the candle a big deal, like what's tallow, is it a snack? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1419 «Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 6: the girl lights a candle, the prince flees, and she searches the winds» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 11 · ★ · Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 6:…

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why's the candle a big deal, like what's tallow, is it a snack?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** big deal · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big deal, tallow, snack

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1419 «Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 6: the girl lights a candle, the prince flees, and she searches the winds» 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/1419-pg503-part6/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1419-pg503-part6:t11:1
# text = why's the candle a big deal, like what's tallow, is it a snack?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	tallow	tallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a big deal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | tallow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | a big deal | a snack |  |  |  |  | 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 bread made from wheat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1419-pg503-part6:t11:o1:1
# text = a bread made from wheat
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a bread *not said here* |  | wheat |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from wheat=Material |

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

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melted fat for making candles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1419-pg503-part6:t11:o2:1
# text = melted fat for making candles
1	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | melted fat *not said here* | candles |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset candle=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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melted fat for making candles, not a snack at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1419-pg503-part6:t11:o3:1
# text = melted fat for making candles, not a snack at all
1	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | melted fat *not said here* | candles and a snack |  | all |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset candle=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a kind of cheese from the farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1419-pg503-part6:t11:o4:1
# text = a kind of cheese from the farm
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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