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title: who even is this yellow dwarf guy, he's so random? — The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwar… · tree and pragmatics
description: who even is this yellow dwarf guy, he's so random? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1421 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud princess and a queen's bargain with a dwarf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 5 · ★ · The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud p…

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who even is this yellow dwarf guy, he's so random?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** yellow dwarf guy

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1421 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud princess and a queen's bargain with a dwarf» 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/1421-pg503-part8/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t5:1
# text = who even is this yellow dwarf guy, he's so random?
1	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | yellow dwarf guy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | random *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a tiny weirdo living in a big palace by the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t5:o1:1
# text = a tiny weirdo living in a big palace by the sea
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	weirdo	weirdo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund | a tiny weirdo *not said here* |  |  | a big palace |  | by the sea | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a tiny weirdo who lives in an orange tree and hates the queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t5:o2:1
# text = a tiny weirdo who lives in an orange tree and hates the queen
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	weirdo	weirdo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
11	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a tiny weirdo |  |  | a orange tree |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |
| 2 | **hate** | present | a tiny weirdo | the queen |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer queen=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a tiny weirdo living in an orange tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t5:o3:1
# text = a tiny weirdo living in an orange tree
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	weirdo	weirdo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund | a tiny weirdo *not said here* |  |  | a orange tree |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a rich knight from the castle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t5:o4:1
# text = a rich knight from the castle
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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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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