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title: So where's the boy off to, then, proper? — pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's ki… · tree and pragmatics
description: So where's the boy off to, then, proper? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1811 «pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress falls, and a son is promised away» 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 was
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# Test 13 · ★ · pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress f…

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So where's the boy off to, then, proper?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** be

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1811 «pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress falls, and a son is promised away» 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/1811-pg641-part62/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t13:1
# text = So where's the boy off to, then, proper?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the boy |  |  |  |  | where *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To the judge's house for tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t13:o1:1
# text = To the judge's house for tea
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To school with his mates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t13:o2:1
# text = To school with his mates
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To the market for sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t13:o3:1
# text = To the market for sweets
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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With the ogress, to foreign lands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1811-pg641-part62:t13:o4:1
# text = With the ogress, to foreign lands
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ogress	ogress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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