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title: wait, what did the rose sellers flog in the streets? — Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prin… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, what did the rose sellers flog in the streets? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fai…

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wait, what did the rose sellers flog in the streets?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, rose sellers · **What happens:** wait, do, flog · **To what, where:** streets

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» 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/1493-pg503-part80/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t4:1
# text = wait, what did the rose sellers flog in the streets?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sellers	seller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	flog	flog	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **flog** | present | the rose sellers |  |  | the streets |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in street=Location |

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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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Oranges and lemons by the cart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t4:o1:1
# text = Oranges and lemons by the cart
1	Oranges	orange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	lemons	lemon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Garlands of roses for the temples and nosegays for the ladies of the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t4:o2:1
# text = Garlands of roses for the temples and nosegays for the ladies of the court
1	Garlands	garland	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	temples	temple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	nosegays	nosegay	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fresh roses, lilies and jasmine tied in bunches for every passerby to buy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t4:o3:1
# text = Fresh roses, lilies and jasmine tied in bunches for every passerby to buy
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	lilies	lily	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	jasmine	jasmine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bunches	bunch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	passerby	passerby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | Fresh roses and lilies and jasmine *not said here* |  | bunches |  | for every passerby | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Roses for everyone's nosegays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1493-pg503-part80:t4:o4:1
# text = Roses for everyone's nosegays
1	Roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	nosegays	nosegay	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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