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title: bro, who even was the dog with the big eyes? — Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 62:… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, who even was the dog with the big eyes? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1738 «Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 62: the Soldier sees the Princess, is jailed, and is sentenced to hang» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 62: the Soldier sees the…

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bro, who even was the dog with the big eyes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** dog

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1738 «Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 62: the Soldier sees the Princess, is jailed, and is sentenced to hang» 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/1738-pg640-part62/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1738-pg640-part62:t1:1
# text = bro, who even was the dog with the big eyes?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
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	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | bro and the dog | the dog |  |  |  | with the big eyes | 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 -->
the one with saucer eyes from the cellar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1738-pg640-part62:t1:o1:1
# text = the one with saucer eyes from the cellar
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	saucer	saucer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the one from the hollow tree with eyes like saucers and a bushy tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1738-pg640-part62:t1:o2:1
# text = the one from the hollow tree with eyes like saucers and a bushy tail
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	saucers	saucer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	bushy	bushy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the one the soldier met at the crossroads with eyes like saucers and a silver collar

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1738-pg640-part62:t1:o3:1
# text = the one the soldier met at the crossroads with eyes like saucers and a silver collar
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	crossroads	crossroad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	saucers	saucer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | the one |  |  | the crossroads with eyes like saucers and a silver collar |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the one from the hollow tree, eyes like saucers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1738-pg640-part62:t1:o4:1
# text = the one from the hollow tree, eyes like saucers
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	saucers	saucer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

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