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title: Deadass, who did the townsfolk think the second brother was? — Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Deadass, who did the townsfolk think the second brother was? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1758 «Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan, part 9: the witch's rod, the brothers freed, a barber's secret» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 10 · ★ · Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of t…

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Deadass, who did the townsfolk think the second brother was?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Deadass, second brother · **What happens:** do, think, be · **To what, where:** townsfolk · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1758 «Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan, part 9: the witch's rod, the brothers freed, a barber's secret» 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/1758-pg641-part9/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t10:1
# text = Deadass, who did the townsfolk think the second brother was?
1	Deadass	Deadass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	townsfolk	townsfolk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Deadass | the townsfolk |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent townsfolk=Eventuality |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Deadass |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **be** | past | the second brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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their own prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t10:o1:1
# text = their own prince
1	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	prince	prince	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 lost prince who had returned from the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t10:o2:1
# text = the lost prince who had returned from the forest
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **return** | past · perfect | the lost prince |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from forest=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a visiting lord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t10:o3:1
# text = a visiting lord
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a stranger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t10:o4:1
# text = a stranger
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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