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title: oi, what was the king's little knight's horse? — English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the ti… · tree and pragmatics
description: oi, what was the king's little knight's horse? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Test 12 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the puddi…

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oi, what was the king's little knight's horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» 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/1964-pg7439-part23/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t12:1
# text = oi, what was the king's little knight's horse?
1	oi	oi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a big white horse, a proper fancy one from the stables, mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t12:o1:1
# text = a big white horse, a proper fancy one from the stables, mad
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a pony, a brown one, mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t12:o2:1
# text = a pony, a brown one, mad
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a mouse, a dapper little one with a saddle, mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t12:o3:1
# text = a mouse, a dapper little one with a saddle, mad
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	dapper	dapper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a mouse, a dapper one, mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t12:o4:1
# text = a mouse, a dapper one, mad
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dapper	dapper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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