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title: ok real talk, why'd he leave the horse? — Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok real talk, why'd he leave the horse? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1714 «Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza flies off, Iwanich lies to his father, and the beasts close in» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 10 · ★ · Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza f…

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ok real talk, why'd he leave the horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** leave · **To what, where:** horse

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1714 «Balkan Folk-Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 38: Militza flies off, Iwanich lies to his father, and the beasts close in» 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/1714-pg640-part38/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:t10:1
# text = ok real talk, why'd he leave the horse?
1	ok	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | would | he | the horse |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

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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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horses cannot pass through the old forest at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:t10:o1:1
# text = horses cannot pass through the old forest at all
1	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pass** | can | horses |  |  | the old forest |  | at all | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through forest=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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roots would trip it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:t10:o2:1
# text = roots would trip it
1	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	trip	trip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip** | would | roots | it |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the thorns would tear its legs and it would be lamed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:t10:o3:1
# text = the thorns would tear its legs and it would be lamed
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	tear	tear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	lamed	lame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | would | the thorns | its legs |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location leg=Theme |
| 2 | **lame** | would · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
briers would trip it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1714-pg640-part38:t10:o4:1
# text = briers would trip it
1	briers	brier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	trip	trip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip** | would | briers | it |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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