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title: Bruv, who actually dropped the ring in the gruel? — English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, who actually dropped the ring in the gruel? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1950 «English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel reveals the girl in rushes, and her father learns how much she loved him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 3 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel rev…

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Bruv, who actually dropped the ring in the gruel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv · **What happens:** drop · **To what, where:** ring, gruel

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1950 «English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel reveals the girl in rushes, and her father learns how much she loved him» 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/1950-pg7439-part9/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t3:1
# text = Bruv, who actually dropped the ring in the gruel?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	dropped	drop	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	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gruel	gruel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | Bruv | the ring |  | the gruel |  | actually *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Theme in gruel=Destination |

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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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the master

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t3:o1:1
# text = the master
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the young master

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t3:o2:1
# text = the young master
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	master	master	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 cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t3:o3:1
# text = the cook
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Cap o' Rushes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t3:o4:1
# text = Cap o' Rushes
1	Cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Rushes	rush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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