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title: Yo, did the wolf actually eat the Prince's horse or nah? — Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, did the wolf actually eat the Prince's horse or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1934 «Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fails to steal the golden horse and is caught» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 1 · ★ · Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fail…

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Yo, did the wolf actually eat the Prince's horse or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, eat · **To what, where:** wolf, horse

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1934 «Household Tales, The Golden Bird, part 71: the Prince fails to steal the golden horse and is caught» 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/1934-pg7277-part71/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:t1:1
# text = Yo, did the wolf actually eat the Prince's horse or nah?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the wolf |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** | present |  | the Prince's horse |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient |

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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}

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Nah, he just ate the carrots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, he just ate the carrots
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | he | the carrots |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carrot=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he scoffed the whole horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he scoffed the whole horse
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	scoffed	scoff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scoff** | past | he | the whole horse |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he absolutely demolished the entire horse in one go, bones and all, proper greedy

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he absolutely demolished the entire horse in one go, bones and all, proper greedy
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	demolished	demolish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	go	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demolish** | past | he | the entire horse |  | one go and bones |  | absolutely *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus horse=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he didn't

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1934-pg7277-part71:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, he didn't
1	Nah	nah	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	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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