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title: Oi mate, who was the one with ears like a bat, the one who heard the… — Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi mate, who was the one with ears like a bat, the one who heard the King whisper? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks and wins the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton…

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Oi mate, who was the one with ears like a bat, the one who heard the King whisper?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Oi mate, one · **What happens:** be, hear · **To what, where:** one, King whisper

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks and wins the Princess» 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/1723-pg640-part47/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t1:1
# text = Oi mate, who was the one with ears like a bat, the one who heard the King whisper?
1	Oi	Oi	X	FW	_	2	compound	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	whisper	whisper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Oi mate | the one |  |  |  | with ears like a bat | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | past | the one | the King whisper |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer whisper=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The sharp-eared comrade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t1:o1:1
# text = The sharp-eared comrade
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eared	eared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The glutton

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t1:o2:1
# text = The glutton
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	glutton	glutton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The thirsty comrade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t1:o3:1
# text = The thirsty comrade
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The marksman with the gun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t1:o4:1
# text = The marksman with the gun
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marksman	marksman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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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