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title: wait, which brother booked it first? — Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the G… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, which brother booked it first? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1490 «Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: three brothers try to guard a meadow from a mysterious night raid» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 2 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wait, which brother booked it first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, brother · **What happens:** wait, book · **To what, where:** it

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1490 «Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: three brothers try to guard a meadow from a mysterious night raid» 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/1490-pg503-part77/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1490-pg503-part77:t2:1
# text = wait, which brother booked it first?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	booked	book	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **book** | past | which brother | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
honestly the middle bro was the first one to run, then the eldest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1490-pg503-part77:t2:o1:1
# text = honestly the middle bro was the first one to run, then the eldest
1	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the middle bro | the first one |  |  |  | the eldest *nmod*; honestly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the eldest, honestly, he ran off quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1490-pg503-part77:t2:o2:1
# text = the eldest, honestly, he ran off quick
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past | the eldest |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the eldest, no cap, he dipped like a rabbit right when the noise hit

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1490-pg503-part77:t2:o3:1
# text = the eldest, no cap, he dipped like a rabbit right when the noise hit
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	dipped	dip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dip** | past | the eldest cap |  |  |  |  | like a rabbit; right *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hit** | past | the noise |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the eldest, no cap, he dipped like a rabbit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1490-pg503-part77:t2:o4:1
# text = the eldest, no cap, he dipped like a rabbit
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	dipped	dip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dip** | past | the eldest cap |  |  |  |  | like a rabbit | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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