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title: so the Pygmy fields were like a rug, right — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9:… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the Pygmy fields were like a rug, right Test 7 · ★ of lesson 2050 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home to grief, and the Giant Antaeus is introduced as friend of the Pygmies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 7 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home…

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so the Pygmy fields were like a rug, right

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Pygmy fields · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2050 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home to grief, and the Giant Antaeus is introduced as friend of the Pygmies» 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/2050-pg976-part9/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t7:1
# text = so the Pygmy fields were like a rug, right
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Pygmy	pygmy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rug	rug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Pygmy fields |  |  |  |  | like a rug | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the biggest one was like Sweet Fern's flower bed, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t7:o1:1
# text = yeah, the biggest one was like Sweet Fern's flower bed, lol
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	Sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Fern	Fern	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the biggest one |  |  |  |  | like Sweet Fern's flower bed | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the fields were way bigger than a rug, the biggest one was like a whole county, lol, and it took days to walk

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t7:o2:1
# text = nah, the fields were way bigger than a rug, the biggest one was like a whole county, lol, and it took days to walk
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rug	rug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	county	county	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	19	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
26	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the fields | way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the biggest one |  |  |  |  | like a whole county | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** | past | it |  |  |  | day |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **walk** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the biggest one was like Sweet Fern's flower bed, but with wheat growing up taller than any Pygmy, lol

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t7:o3:1
# text = yeah, the biggest one was like Sweet Fern's flower bed, but with wheat growing up taller than any Pygmy, lol
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	Sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Fern	Fern	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
17	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	acl	_	_
18	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	xcomp	_	_
20	than	than	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	22	det	_	_
22	Pygmy	pygmy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
24	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the biggest one |  |  |  |  | like Sweet Fern's flower bed | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow up** | gerund | wheat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, like a little rug of grain, sort of, I guess, lol

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t7:o4:1
# text = yep, like a little rug of grain, sort of, I guess, lol
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rug	rug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	guess	guess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | present | I | sort *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Theme |

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