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title: Bare cute, so did the emperor actually pick Laptitza? — Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bare cute, so did the emperor actually pick Laptitza? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1801 «Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, part 1: an emperor hears three sisters' boasts and carries off Laptitza» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 12 · ★ · Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, par…

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Bare cute, so did the emperor actually pick Laptitza?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** pick · **To what, where:** Laptitza

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1801 «Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, part 1: an emperor hears three sisters' boasts and carries off Laptitza» 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/1801-pg641-part52/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:t12:1
# text = Bare cute, so did the emperor actually pick Laptitza?
1	Bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cute	cute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	Laptitza	Laptitza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | past · do-support |  | Laptitza |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laptitza=Patient |

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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}

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Yeah, he swung her on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:t12:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he swung her on
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swung	swing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swing on** | past | he | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he picked her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he picked her
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | past | he | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he walked away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:t12:o3:1
# text = Nah, he walked away
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk away** | past | he |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nah, he rode off and left her standing there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:t12:o4:1
# text = Nah, he rode off and left her standing there
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	standing	standing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride off** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | past | he *not said here* | her standing |  | there |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent standing=Theme |
| 3 | **stand** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom standing «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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