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title: Oi, did you see Medio Pollito hopping off to Madrid like he owned th… — Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Cal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, did you see Medio Pollito hopping off to Madrid like he owned the place? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Test 1 · ★ · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a…

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Oi, did you see Medio Pollito hopping off to Madrid like he owned the place?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi, Medio · **What happens:** see, hop off, own · **To what, where:** Madrid, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» 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/1871-pg7277-part8/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t1:1
# text = Oi, did you see Medio Pollito hopping off to Madrid like he owned the place?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	Medio	Medio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	Pollito	Pollito	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	ccomp	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Madrid	Madrid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	owned	own	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | Oi |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hop off** | gerund | Medio |  | Madrid |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to madrid=Destination |
| 3 | **own** | past | Medio | the place |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot place=Theme |

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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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Nah, he's a good chick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, he's a good chick
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	chick	chick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | a good chick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the proper cheeky little chick, he never helped nobody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the proper cheeky little chick, he never helped nobody
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	chick	chick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **help** | past | the proper cheeky little chick |  | nobody |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he helped everyone out and was dead nice to them all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, he helped everyone out and was dead nice to them all
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help out** | past | he |  | everyone |  |  | out *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is** | past | he *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  | nice *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, cheeky chick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, cheeky chick
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	chick	chick	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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