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title: Yo, how many tiny warriors were there anyway? — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pyg… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, how many tiny warriors were there anyway? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 2054 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pygmies try to finish off the sleeping Hercules, but he wakes, laughs at their champion, spares them, and leaves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 12 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pygmies try to finish o…

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Yo, how many tiny warriors were there anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many tiny warriors · **What happens:** be

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2054 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pygmies try to finish off the sleeping Hercules, but he wakes, laughs at their champion, spares them, and leaves» 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/2054-pg976-part13/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2054-pg976-part13:t12:1
# text = Yo, how many tiny warriors were there anyway?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | many tiny warriors |  |  |  |  | anyway, there *property* | 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}

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Thousands of archers, plus a load of spearmen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2054-pg976-part13:t12:o1:1
# text = Thousands of archers, plus a load of spearmen
1	Thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	archers	archer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	spearmen	spearmen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twenty thousand archers, plus loads more with spades, and some with hay carts too

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2054-pg976-part13:t12:o2:1
# text = Twenty thousand archers, plus loads more with spades, and some with hay carts too
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	archers	archer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	spades	spade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
16	too	too	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twenty thousand bowmen and lots with shovels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2054-pg976-part13:t12:o3:1
# text = Twenty thousand bowmen and lots with shovels
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	bowmen	bowman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	shovels	shovel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twenty thousand archers, plus loads more with spades

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2054-pg976-part13:t12:o4:1
# text = Twenty thousand archers, plus loads more with spades
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	archers	archer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	spades	spade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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