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title: Dude, did the apprentice's secret really end up in a flute? — Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, did the apprentice's secret really end up in a flute? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dude, did the apprentice's secret really end up in a flute?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** do, end up · **To what, where:** secret, flute

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» 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/1759-pg641-part10/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t1:1
# text = Dude, did the apprentice's secret really end up in a flute?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	apprentice	apprentice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Dude | the apprentice's secret |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Eventuality |
| 2 | **end up** | present |  |  |  |  |  | in a flute *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in flute=Result |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, the flute kept singing the goat ears line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t1:o1:1
# text = Yep, the flute kept singing the goat ears line
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the flute |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the flute *not said here* | the ears line |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location line=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, the flute played a lullaby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t1:o2:1
# text = Nope, the flute played a lullaby
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lullaby	lullaby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | the flute | a lullaby |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lullaby=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, the flute kept singing the goat ears line over and over at court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t1:o3:1
# text = Yep, the flute kept singing the goat ears line over and over at court
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	line	line	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
11	over	over	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	over	over	ADV	RB	_	11	conj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the flute |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the flute *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **line** | present | the goat ears |  |  | court |  | over *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, the chamberlain sang it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t1:o4:1
# text = Yep, the chamberlain sang it
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the chamberlain | it |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

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