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title: Yo, where was the Brahmani heading with that paper, bro? — Tales of the Punjab, The Brahmani's Ad… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, where was the Brahmani heading with that paper, bro? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1836 «Tales of the Punjab, The Brahmani's Advice, part 20: the prince buys wisdom, outwits a host, and wins a throne» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 1 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, The Brahmani's Advice, part 20: the p…

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Yo, where was the Brahmani heading with that paper, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brahmani · **What happens:** be, head

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1836 «Tales of the Punjab, The Brahmani's Advice, part 20: the prince buys wisdom, outwits a host, and wins a throne» 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/1836-pg7128-part20/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1836-pg7128-part20:t1:1
# text = Yo, where was the Brahmani heading with that paper, bro?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Brahmani	Brahmani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
7	heading	head	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Brahmani |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **head** | gerund | the Brahmani *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with that paper and bro | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1836-pg7128-part20:t1:o1:1
# text = To the river
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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To the darbar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1836-pg7128-part20:t1:o2:1
# text = To the darbar
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	darbar	darbar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To jail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1836-pg7128-part20:t1:o3:1
# text = To jail
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	jail	jail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To her son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1836-pg7128-part20:t1:o4:1
# text = To her son
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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