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title: ngl that dragon was mad big, like a bus with teeth — Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, p… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 3 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ngl that dragon was mad big, like a bus with teeth

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** be

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2084 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes the Golden Fleece with Medea's magic and sails away» 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/2084-pg976-part43/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t3:1
# text = ngl that dragon was mad big, like a bus with teeth
1	ngl	ngl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	det	_	_
3	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | ngl |  |  |  |  | like a bus with teeth; big *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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no cap, his body was longer than the galley and his tail wrapped round the whole tree trunk

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t3:o1:1
# text = no cap, his body was longer than the galley and his tail wrapped round the whole tree trunk
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	galley	galley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
15	round	round	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | no cap and his body |  |  |  |  | than the galley and his tail; long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wrap** | participle |  | the galley and his tail *not said here* |  | the whole tree trunk |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round trunk=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no cap, his head was like the palace gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t3:o2:1
# text = no cap, his head was like the palace gate
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | no cap |  |  |  |  | like the palace gate | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah bro, he was actually not that big, more like a regular dog with a loud bark

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t3:o3:1
# text = nah bro, he was actually not that big, more like a regular dog with a loud bark
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	that	that	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | like a regular dog with a loud bark; actually, big, that *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he was honestly kinda cute ngl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t3:o4:1
# text = nah, he was honestly kinda cute ngl
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	cute	cute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ngl	ngl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | cute ngl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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