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title: Did the goose really talk, or was Jem just making it up? — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the goose really talk, or was Jem just making it up? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 10 · ★ · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes…

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Did the goose really talk, or was Jem just making it up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** goose, Jem · **What happens:** do, talk, make up · **To what, where:** goose

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» 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/1791-pg641-part42/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t10:1
# text = Did the goose really talk, or was Jem just making it up?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the goose |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Eventuality |
| 2 | **talk** | infinitive | the goose *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make up** | past · progressive | Jem | goose |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |

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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 -->
Talked, clear as anything, in rhyme

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t10:o1:1
# text = Talked, clear as anything, in rhyme
1	Talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past |  |  |  | rhyme |  | as anything | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Talked, clear as anything, in rhyme, while the whole market crowd listened in shock

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t10:o2:1
# text = Talked, clear as anything, in rhyme, while the whole market crowd listened in shock
1	Talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
15	listened	listen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past |  |  |  | rhyme |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **listen** | participle |  | the whole market crowd *not said here* |  |  |  | in shock | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in shock=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jem made it up, just a joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t10:o3:1
# text = Jem made it up, just a joke
1	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | past | Jem | it |  |  |  | a joke *obl* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Talked, clear as anything, in rhyme, and then it asked Jem for some bread

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t10:o4:1
# text = Talked, clear as anything, in rhyme, and then it asked Jem for some bread
1	Talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
14	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	iobj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past |  |  |  | rhyme |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | rhyme |  | Jem |  | then | for some bread | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent jem=Recipient |

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