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title: Was the horse actually helpful, or was he just a lazy mate? — Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the horse actually helpful, or was he just a lazy mate? Test 11 · ★ 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 question an
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# Test 11 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was the horse actually helpful, or was he just a lazy mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** horse · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** horse, lazy mate

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t11:1
# text = Was the horse actually helpful, or was he just a lazy mate?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	csubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	helpful	helpful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the horse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | horse | a lazy mate |  |  |  |  | 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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Proper useless, bruv, he did nothing much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t11:o1:1
# text = Proper useless, bruv, he did nothing much
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	_
9	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | he | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Proper helpful, bruv, he sorted everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t11:o2:1
# text = Proper helpful, bruv, he sorted everything
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	helpful	helpful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** | past | he | everything |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was dead lazy at first but then proper helpful, bruv, after that

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t11:o3:1
# text = Nah, he was dead lazy at first but then proper helpful, bruv, after that
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	obl	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	helpful	helpful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Proper helpful, bruv, he sorted everything out on the whole trip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1674-pg5615-part63:t11:o4:1
# text = Proper helpful, bruv, he sorted everything out on the whole trip
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	helpful	helpful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort out** | past | helpful bruv | everything |  | the whole trip |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |

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