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title: fr the grocer's till was talking about art and drama, was that real… — Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the G… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin bo…

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fr the grocer's till was talking about art and drama, was that real or fake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fr till · **What happens:** talk, be

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1614 «Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin borrows a tongue and saves a book from fire» 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/1614-pg5615-part3/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:t4:1
# text = fr the grocer's till was talking about art and drama, was that real or fake?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	grocer	grocer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	till	till	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	drama	drama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past · progressive | the grocer's fr till |  |  |  |  | about art and drama | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about art=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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it was the till

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:t4:o1:1
# text = it was the till
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	till	till	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | the till |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was the tub, not the till

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:t4:o2:1
# text = it was the tub, not the till
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tub	tub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	till	till	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | the tub and the till |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was the cat, not the tub

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:t4:o3:1
# text = it was the cat, not the tub
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tub	tub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | the cat and the tub |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was the maid, all fake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:t4:o4:1
# text = it was the maid, all fake
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | the maid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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