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title: Did the father send Fair off in a boat, or just a barrel? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the wha… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the father send Fair off in a boat, or just a barrel? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 2013 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bullet and the cowboy's message» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bulle…

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Did the father send Fair off in a boat, or just a barrel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** father · **What happens:** send off · **To what, where:** boat

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 2013 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bullet and the cowboy's message» 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/2013-pg7885-part32/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:t8:1
# text = Did the father send Fair off in a boat, or just a barrel?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send off** | past · do-support | the father |  |  | a boat or a barrel |  | fair *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in boat=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 {#o1}

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A barrel with food for seven years and a golden sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:t8:o1:1
# text = A barrel with food for seven years and a golden sword
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A small boat with some food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:t8:o2:1
# text = A small boat with some food
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A barrel with food for seven years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:t8:o3:1
# text = A barrel with food for seven years
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A barrel with bread for a whole year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:t8:o4:1
# text = A barrel with bread for a whole year
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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