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title: That's so random, what did the master suggest for his secret? — Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and… · tree and pragmatics
description: That's so random, what did the master suggest for his secret? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of t…

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That's so random, what did the master suggest for his secret?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** That, master · **What happens:** be, suggest

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t7:1
# text = That's so random, what did the master suggest for his secret?
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	suggest	suggest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | random *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | past · do-support | the master |  |  |  |  | for master's secret | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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dig a hole and whisper into it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t7:o1:1
# text = dig a hole and whisper into it
1	dig	dig	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	whisper	whisper	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | imperative | you *not said here* | a hole |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme |
| 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | you *not said here* |  |  | hole |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into it=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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write it on a stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t7:o2:1
# text = write it on a stone
1	write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | a stone |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on stone=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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tell the wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t7:o3:1
# text = tell the wind
1	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the wind |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wind=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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carve it into an old oak tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1758-pg641-part9:t7:o4:1
# text = carve it into an old oak tree
1	carve	carve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | a old oak tree |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into tree=Product |

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