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title: Bruv, did the talking horse actually talk or is that just proper daft? — Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, did the talking horse actually talk or is that just proper daft? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1674 «Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops her veil and ring, and Ciccu must fetch the veil» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 1 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bruv, did the talking horse actually talk or is that just proper daft?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** talking horse

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1674 «Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops her veil and ring, and Ciccu must fetch the veil» 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/1674-pg5615-part63/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t1:1
# text = Bruv, did the talking horse actually talk or is that just proper daft?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	talking	talking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	daft	daft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Bruv | the talking horse |  |  |  | talk *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | Bruv *not said here* |  |  |  |  | daft *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It talked, innit, the whole way round, proper clever stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t1:o1:1
# text = It talked, innit, the whole way round, proper clever stuff
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
9	round	round	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it just neighed like a normal horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t1:o2:1
# text = Nah, it just neighed like a normal horse
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	neighed	neigh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neigh** | past | it |  |  |  |  | like a normal horse | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It talked, innit, the whole way round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t1:o3:1
# text = It talked, innit, the whole way round
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
9	round	round	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, bruv, it never talked, it was just a normal horse sayin' nothing at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, bruv, it never talked, it was just a normal horse sayin' nothing at all
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	sayin	sayin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **talk** | past | bruv | bruv |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | bruv | a normal horse sayin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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