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title: Wait, the copper bridge is where the wolf was waiting? — pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, the copper bridge is where the wolf was waiting? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1805 «pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56: a princess becomes a duck, and a girl rides off to serve as a son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 8 · ★ · pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, the copper bridge is where the wolf was waiting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, copper bridge · **What happens:** wait, be

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1805 «pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56: a princess becomes a duck, and a girl rides off to serve as a son» 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/1805-pg641-part56/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:t8:1
# text = Wait, the copper bridge is where the wolf was waiting?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present · progressive | the copper bridge |  |  |  |  | wait *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, it was in the palace garden, kinda

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:t8:o1:1
# text = Nope, it was in the palace garden, kinda
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  | the palace garden |  | kinda *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the wolf was waiting at the castle gate, but the copper bridge was just a rumour the girls heard in town

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:t8:o2:1
# text = Nah, the wolf was waiting at the castle gate, but the copper bridge was just a rumour the girls heard in town
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	just	just	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | the wolf |  |  | the castle gate |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the copper bridge | a rumour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hear** | past | the girls | a rumour *not said here* |  | town |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was over a stream, lowkey spooky, and the wolf had been waiting there for three whole days straight

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:t8:o3:1
# text = Yeah, it was over a stream, lowkey spooky, and the wolf had been waiting there for three whole days straight
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	spooky	spooky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	aux	_	_
17	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
18	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
21	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
23	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  | a stream and lowkey |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | past · perfect · progressive | the wolf |  |  | there | day | straight *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was over a stream, lowkey spooky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:t8:o4:1
# text = Yeah, it was over a stream, lowkey spooky
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	spooky	spooky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  | a stream and lowkey |  |  | tree rules |

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