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title: Wait, what even is a bushel, like a bag of crisps? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what even is a bushel, like a bag of crisps? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1655 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part 44: the lad serves the troll as hare, raven and fish, and meets the troll's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 2 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part…

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Wait, what even is a bushel, like a bag of crisps?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** bushel

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1655 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part 44: the lad serves the troll as hare, raven and fish, and meets the troll's daughter» 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/1655-pg5615-part44/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:t2:1
# text = Wait, what even is a bushel, like a bag of crisps?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	obl	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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* |  |  |  |  | like a bag of crisps | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a bushel |  |  |  |  | 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}

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A tub for holding sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:t2:o1:1
# text = A tub for holding sweets
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tub	tub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund | a tub *not said here* | sweets |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A box for storing gold coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:t2:o2:1
# text = A box for storing gold coins
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	storing	store	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | gerund | a box *not said here* | gold coins |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like a sack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:t2:o3:1
# text = Like a sack
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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A big old measure for grain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:t2:o4:1
# text = A big old measure for grain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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