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title: Dead gassed, what fancy kit was the Horse so proud of? — Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Ea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dead gassed, what fancy kit was the Horse so proud of? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 157 «Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogue, a proud horse and other short tales» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogu…

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Dead gassed, what fancy kit was the Horse so proud of?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dead · **What happens:** gas, be · **To what, where:** Horse

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 157 «Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogue, a proud horse and other short tales» 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/157-pg11339-part27/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t6:1
# text = Dead gassed, what fancy kit was the Horse so proud of?
1	Dead	Dead	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gassed	gas	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
5	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kit	kit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gas** | past | Dead |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the Horse |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The grand saddle that he wore on feast days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t6:o1:1
# text = The grand saddle that he wore on feast days
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the grand saddle |  |  |  | day |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The fancy harness that his old master had bought him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t6:o2:1
# text = The fancy harness that his old master had bought him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	harness	harness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past · perfect · passive |  | his old master | him *= he* |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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His posh harness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t6:o3:1
# text = His posh harness
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	harness	harness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His shiny reins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:157-pg11339-part27:t6:o4:1
# text = His shiny reins
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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