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title: What was in that little box she left behind, the coral one? — Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was in that little box she left behind, the coral one? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1466 «Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leaves the Sheep King to attend her sister's wedding and returns to him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leave…

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What was in that little box she left behind, the coral one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** be, leave behind · **To what, where:** little box

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1466 «Fairy Tales, The King of the Sheep, part 53: Miranda leaves the Sheep King to attend her sister's wedding and returns to him» 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/1466-pg503-part53/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:t5:1
# text = What was in that little box she left behind, the coral one?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	coral	coral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | that little box and the coral one |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave behind** | past | she | that little box and the coral one *not said here* |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Loads of jewels and emeralds, mega

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:t5:o1:1
# text = Loads of jewels and emeralds, mega
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	emeralds	emerald	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	mega	mega	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Loads of gold coins, proper mega

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:t5:o2:1
# text = Loads of gold coins, proper mega
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mega	mega	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Loads of jewels and emeralds, mega, plus a note from the Sheep King saying goodbye to her

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:t5:o3:1
# text = Loads of jewels and emeralds, mega, plus a note from the Sheep King saying goodbye to her
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	emeralds	emerald	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	mega	mega	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Sheep	Sheep	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
17	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a note from the Sheep King *not said here* | goodbye | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic to she=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Loads of jewels and emeralds, mega, and some little sheep bells from the flock too

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1466-pg503-part53:t5:o4:1
# text = Loads of jewels and emeralds, mega, and some little sheep bells from the flock too
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	emeralds	emerald	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	mega	mega	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

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