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title: what was the horse like, honestly? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was the horse like, honestly? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1512 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Moria Castle, part 9: Halvor's parents know him, then the Princesses vanish and he sets out again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 7 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Moria Castle, part 9:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what was the horse like, honestly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** horse · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1512 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Moria Castle, part 9: Halvor's parents know him, then the Princesses vanish and he sets out again» 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/1512-pg540-part9/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t7:1
# text = what was the horse like, honestly?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	1	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the horse |  |  |  |  | honestly *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
kinda decent, bruh, good to ride, though it's a bit slow and kinda old and lame

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t7:o1:1
# text = kinda decent, bruh, good to ride, though it's a bit slow and kinda old and lame
1	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	decent	decent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	lame	lame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | a bit *obl:unmarked*; slow *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  | kinda *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
kinda decent, bruh, good to ride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t7:o2:1
# text = kinda decent, bruh, good to ride
1	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	decent	decent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
kinda decent, bruh, good to ride but useless for pulling stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t7:o3:1
# text = kinda decent, bruh, good to ride but useless for pulling stuff
1	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	decent	decent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pull** | gerund |  | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
pretty ok, bruh, fast enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t7:o4:1
# text = pretty ok, bruh, fast enough
1	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	ok	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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

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