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title: the belt was in his bag the whole time right — Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: the belt was in his bag the whole time right Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 10 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her…

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the belt was in his bag the whole time right

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** belt · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bag

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master'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/1695-pg640-part19/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t10:1
# text = the belt was in his bag the whole time right
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the belt |  |  | his bag | time | right *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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, he put it on the table by mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t10:o1:1
# text = nope, he put it on the table by mistake
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | he | it |  | the table |  | by mistake | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on table=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he left it in his bag while he went in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t10:o2:1
# text = yep, he left it in his bag while he went in
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | he | it |  | his bag |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bag=Location |
| 2 | **go in** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, he left it at the giant's house and went into the lord's room without it

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t10:o3:1
# text = nope, he left it at the giant's house and went into the lord's room without it
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	without	without	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | he | it |  | the giant's house |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme at house=Location |
| 2 | **go** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | the lord's room |  | without room | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he had it in the bag but also tied a second belt around his waist for luck

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t10:o4:1
# text = yep, he had it in the bag but also tied a second belt around his waist for luck
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	also	also	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
14	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	around	around	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	waist	waist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he | it |  | the bag |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **tie** | past | he *not said here* | a second belt |  | his waist for luck |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belt=Patient |

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