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title: ok so the merchant wakes up starving, what's he even eating — Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok so the merchant wakes up starving, what's he even eating Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1438 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen rose and the Beast's bargain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen ros…

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ok so the merchant wakes up starving, what's he even eating

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** merchant · **What happens:** starve, eat

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1438 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen rose and the Beast's bargain» 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/1438-pg503-part25/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1438-pg503-part25:t1:1
# text = ok so the merchant wakes up starving, what's he even eating
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wakes	wake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	starving	starve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **starve** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present · progressive | merchant |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

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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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Some roasted meat and wine from the great kitchen downstairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1438-pg503-part25:t1:o1:1
# text = Some roasted meat and wine from the great kitchen downstairs
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	roasted	roast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	downstairs	downstairs	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roast** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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Dinner left on a little table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1438-pg503-part25:t1:o2:1
# text = Dinner left on a little table
1	Dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  | Dinner *not said here* |  | a little table |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on table=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whatever the castle servants had left out for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1438-pg503-part25:t1:o3:1
# text = Whatever the castle servants had left out for him
1	Whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | past · perfect · passive |  | the castle servants |  |  |  | for him *= he* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fruit from the garden trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1438-pg503-part25:t1:o4:1
# text = Fruit from the garden trees
1	Fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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