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title: Bare monsters in this bit, innit? What was the monster like? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bare monsters in this bit, innit? What was the monster like? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Test 8 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince…

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Bare monsters in this bit, innit? What was the monster like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bare monsters, monster · **What happens:** innit, be

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» 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/1888-pg7277-part25/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Bare monsters in this bit, innit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t8:1
# text = Bare monsters in this bit, innit?
1	Bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	monsters	monster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **innit** | infinitive | Bare monsters in this bit |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What was the monster like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t8:2
# text = What was the monster like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the monster |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Like a raging bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t8:o1:1
# text = Like a raging bear
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	raging	rage	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rage** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Like a huge furious tiger from the far jungles of the east that nobody could tame

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t8:o2:1
# text = Like a huge furious tiger from the far jungles of the east that nobody could tame
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	jungles	jungle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
14	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	16	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	tame	tame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tame** | could | the east |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like a furious tiger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t8:o3:1
# text = Like a furious tiger
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Like a furious tiger with huge claws and a terrible roar that shook the trees

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t8:o4:1
# text = Like a furious tiger with huge claws and a terrible roar that shook the trees
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	roar	roar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past | a terrible roar | the trees |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |

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