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title: Sus, what did the old man say the goblins would never be able to see… — pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sus, what did the old man say the goblins would never be able to see through? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1766 «pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runaways escape the goblins with the magic ball and reach the world again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Test 12 · ★ · pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runa…

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Sus, what did the old man say the goblins would never be able to see through?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man, Sus · **What happens:** say, not be, see through · **To what, where:** Sus · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1766 «pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runaways escape the goblins with the magic ball and reach the world again» 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/1766-pg641-part17/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t12:1
# text = Sus, what did the old man say the goblins would never be able to see through?
1	Sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	goblins	goblin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	through	through	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the old man | Sus |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme goblin=Manner |
| 2 | **not** **is** | would | Sus |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **see through** | to-infinitive | Sus *not said here* |  |  |  |  | through *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Any disguise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t12:o1:1
# text = Any disguise
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t12:o2:1
# text = Water
1	Water	water	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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Fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t12:o3:1
# text = Fire
1	Fire	fire	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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Real shapes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t12:o4:1
# text = Real shapes
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	shapes	shape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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