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title: Did the sheep have jewels round its legs? — Project Gutenberg pg503, Princess Mira… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the sheep have jewels round its legs? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 1464 «Project Gutenberg pg503, Princess Miranda, part 51: the King orders Miranda killed, and her faithful animals die for her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 15 · ★ · Project Gutenberg pg503, Princess Miranda, part 51: the Ki…

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Did the sheep have jewels round its legs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sheep · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** jewels

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 1464 «Project Gutenberg pg503, Princess Miranda, part 51: the King orders Miranda killed, and her faithful animals die for her» 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/1464-pg503-part51/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:t15:1
# text = Did the sheep have jewels round its legs?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the sheep | jewels |  |  |  | round its legs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=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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ribbons of blue silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:t15:o1:1
# text = ribbons of blue silk
1	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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strings of great pearls tied with red ribbon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:t15:o2:1
# text = strings of great pearls tied with red ribbon
1	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle · passive |  | strings of great pearls |  |  |  | with red ribbon | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with ribbon=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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strings of great pearls and small golden bells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:t15:o3:1
# text = strings of great pearls and small golden bells
1	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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strings of great pearls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1464-pg503-part51:t15:o4:1
# text = strings of great pearls
1	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pearls	pearl	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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