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title: Bro, what's a boyard even, sounds like a fancy dog? — pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what's a boyard even, sounds like a fancy dog? Test 9 · ★ 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 que
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# Test 9 · ★ · pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bro, what's a boyard even, sounds like a fancy dog?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** be, sound · **To what, where:** boyard

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:t9:1
# text = Bro, what's a boyard even, sounds like a fancy dog?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boyard	boyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Bro and a boyard | a boyard |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | present | Bro and a boyard |  |  |  |  | like a fancy dog | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 -->
An old Russian lord, like a noble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:t9:o1:1
# text = An old Russian lord, like a noble
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	noble	noble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A young Persian prince, like a noble, who wears a big silk hat in the palace

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:t9:o2:1
# text = A young Persian prince, like a noble, who wears a big silk hat in the palace
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Persian	persian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	noble	noble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | a young Persian prince and a noble | a big silk hat |  | the palace |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An old Russian lord, like a noble, who lives in a big house and rides a dapple grey horse

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:t9:o3:1
# text = An old Russian lord, like a noble, who lives in a big house and rides a dapple grey horse
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	noble	noble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	dapple	dapple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a old Russian lord and a noble |  |  | a big house |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
| 2 | **ride** | present | a old Russian lord and a noble *not said here* | a dapple and grey horse |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dapple=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An old Russian farmer, kinda rich

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1805-pg641-part56:t9:o4:1
# text = An old Russian farmer, kinda rich
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
```

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

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