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title: test: ngl the dude paid loads for a snake, what a clown — Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring,… · tree and pragmatics
description: test: ngl the dude paid loads for a snake, what a clown Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1833 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman fools the king with a lucky guess, and a kind young man buys a dog, a cat and a snake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 5 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
test: ngl the dude paid loads for a snake, what a clown

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** test, snake · **What happens:** ngl, pay, clown · **To what, where:** dude, loads

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1833 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman fools the king with a lucky guess, and a kind young man buys a dog, a cat and a snake» 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/1833-pg7128-part17/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t5:1
# text = test: ngl the dude paid loads for a snake, what a clown
1	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	ngl	ngl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	clown	clown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ngl** | infinitive |  | the dude |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | past | test | loads |  |  |  | for a snake and a clown | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent load=Asset for snake=Theme |
| 3 | **clown** |  | a snake and a clown |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a hundred rupees, total fool, and he paid for three animals

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t5:o1:1
# text = yeah, a hundred rupees, total fool, and he paid for three animals
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	rupees	rupee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | hundred rupees and total fool |  |  |  |  | for three animals | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for animal=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a hundred rupees, total fool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t5:o2:1
# text = yeah, a hundred rupees, total fool
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	rupees	rupee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a hundred bucks, dumb move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t5:o3:1
# text = yeah, a hundred bucks, dumb move
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	bucks	buck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a hundred rupees for a snake, total fool who got scammed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1833-pg7128-part17:t5:o4:1
# text = yeah, a hundred rupees for a snake, total fool who got scammed
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	rupees	rupee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	scammed	scam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scam** | past · passive |  | total fool |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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