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title: What did he reckon she should wear? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did he reckon she should wear? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1798 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet bursts open and the wedding ends happily» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 10 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet…

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What did he reckon she should wear?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he, she · **What happens:** reckon, wear

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1798 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet bursts open and the wedding ends happily» 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/1798-pg641-part49/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t10:1
# text = What did he reckon she should wear?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | should | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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The helmet, cos she can't get wed without it, he reckons, every single time

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t10:o1:1
# text = The helmet, cos she can't get wed without it, he reckons, every single time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	wed	wed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
17	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | can | she |  |  |  |  | wed *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **reckon** | present | the helmet |  |  |  | time |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A golden hat, cos it's tradition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t10:o2:1
# text = A golden hat, cos it's tradition
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | cos tradition | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The helmet, 'cos it's the rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t10:o3:1
# text = The helmet, 'cos it's the rule
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | helmet |  |  |  |  | cos the rule | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The helmet, cos she can't get wed without it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:t10:o4:1
# text = The helmet, cos she can't get wed without it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
9	wed	wed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | can | she | the helmet *not said here* |  |  |  | wed *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer helmet=Stimulus |

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