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description: proper scary bit: what do the bulls actually grab onto, like which bits Test 7 · ★ of lesson 2082 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 41: Medea helps Jason tame the brazen bulls and sow the dragon's teeth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 7 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 41: Medea helps…

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proper scary bit: what do the bulls actually grab onto, like which bits

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bulls · **What happens:** do, grab · **To what, where:** proper scary bit, bits

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2082 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 41: Medea helps Jason tame the brazen bulls and sow the dragon's teeth» 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/2082-pg976-part41/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2082-pg976-part41:t7:1
# text = proper scary bit: what do the bulls actually grab onto, like which bits
1	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	grab	grab	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	15	det	_	_
15	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the bulls *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grab** | present | the bulls | proper scary bit |  | which bits |  | actually *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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Ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2082-pg976-part41:t7:o1:1
# text = Ears
1	Ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2082-pg976-part41:t7:o2:1
# text = Neck
1	Neck	neck	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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Legs and necks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2082-pg976-part41:t7:o3:1
# text = Legs and necks
1	Legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	necks	neck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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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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Horn and tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2082-pg976-part41:t7:o4:1
# text = Horn and tail
1	Horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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