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title: yo did the soldier dude actually get a golden coach? — fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldi… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo did the soldier dude actually get a golden coach? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1900 «fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John buys a golden coach, plays cards with the King, and loses his purse and cloak to Ludovine» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 1 · ★ · fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John bu…

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yo did the soldier dude actually get a golden coach?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** yo, soldier dude · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** soldier dude, golden coach

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1900 «fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John buys a golden coach, plays cards with the King, and loses his purse and cloak to Ludovine» 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/1900-pg7277-part37/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:t1:1
# text = yo did the soldier dude actually get a golden coach?
1	yo	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | yo | the soldier dude |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dude=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | the soldier dude *not said here* | a golden coach |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coach=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, he got a wooden wagon instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:t1:o1:1
# text = Nope, he got a wooden wagon instead
1	Nope	nope	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	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wagon	wagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | a wooden wagon |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wagon=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, four horses and two drivers up front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, four horses and two drivers up front
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, six white horses and four servants behind it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, six white horses and four servants behind it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, just a cart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1900-pg7277-part37:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, just a cart
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cart	cart	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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