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title: Ngl, what was going on with them golden tents? — Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what was going on with them golden tents? Test 8 · ★ 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 the quest
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# Test 8 · ★ · Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, par…

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Ngl, what was going on with them golden tents?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** go on · **To what, where:** golden tents

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:t8:1
# text = Ngl, what was going on with them golden tents?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
9	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	tents	tent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past · progressive | Ngl | golden tents |  |  |  | with them *= they* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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White with golden stripes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:t8:o1:1
# text = White with golden stripes
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Golden with silver flags

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:t8:o2:1
# text = Golden with silver flags
1	Golden	golden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Red with silver fringes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:t8:o3:1
# text = Red with silver fringes
1	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	fringes	fringe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Empty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:t8:o4:1
# text = Empty
1	Empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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