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title: Safe, which arm did he tie that scarf round so he could sniff it? — Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Safe, which arm did he tie that scarf round so he could sniff it? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1899 «Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Ludovine from the goblins, sleeps through his chances, and is carried off to the Low Countries.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Lud…

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Safe, which arm did he tie that scarf round so he could sniff it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Safe, he · **What happens:** tie, sniff · **To what, where:** scarf

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1899 «Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Ludovine from the goblins, sleeps through his chances, and is carried off to the Low Countries.» 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/1899-pg7277-part36/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:t5:1
# text = Safe, which arm did he tie that scarf round so he could sniff it?
1	Safe	safe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tie	tie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	scarf	scarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	round	round	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	sniff	sniff	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past · do-support | Safe and which arm | that scarf |  |  |  | round *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scarf=Patient |
| 2 | **sniff** | could | he | scarf |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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his left arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:t5:o1:1
# text = his left arm
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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his arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:t5:o2:1
# text = his arm
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	arm	arm	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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the right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:t5:o3:1
# text = the right
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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his left hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:t5:o4:1
# text = his left hand
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hand	hand	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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**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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