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title: Lol, so what's the scroll actually written in then? — Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Cal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, so what's the scroll actually written in then? Test 12 · ★ 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 tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a…

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Lol, so what's the scroll actually written in then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** write · **To what, where:** scroll

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t12:1
# text = Lol, so what's the scroll actually written in then?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	scroll	scroll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present · passive |  | the scroll |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient what=Topic |

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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}

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Latin, innit, Selim reckons it's Latin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t12:o1:1
# text = Latin, innit, Selim reckons it's Latin
1	Latin	Latin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	Selim	Selim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	Latin	Latin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Latin |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | latin *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Greek, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t12:o2:1
# text = Greek, innit
1	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Greek, mate, Selim says it's Greek

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t12:o3:1
# text = Greek, mate, Selim says it's Greek
1	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	Selim	Selim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Greek mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | mate |  |  |  |  | greek *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Latin, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t12:o4:1
# text = Latin, innit
1	Latin	Latin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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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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