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title: Innit, what was actually inside the pedlar's secret drawer? — Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Cal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Innit, what was actually inside the pedlar's secret drawer? Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmat
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# Test 8 · ★ · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a…

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Innit, what was actually inside the pedlar's secret drawer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Innit · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** secret drawer

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t8:1
# text = Innit, what was actually inside the pedlar's secret drawer?
1	Innit	Innit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pedlar	pedlar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	drawer	drawer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Innit |  |  | the pedlar's secret drawer |  | actually *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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A silver key and a torn old letter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t8:o1:1
# text = A silver key and a torn old letter
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A gold ring and a dusty old book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t8:o2:1
# text = A gold ring and a dusty old book
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A black powder and a weird old scroll

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t8:o3:1
# text = A black powder and a weird old scroll
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	scroll	scroll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A black powder, a weird old scroll and a little bag of silver coins

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:t8:o4:1
# text = A black powder, a weird old scroll and a little bag of silver coins
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	scroll	scroll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

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