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title: Yo, what's the golden ball story about, like? — English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what's the golden ball story about, like? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 236 «English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's chores, loses the groats to a robber, and the couple wins them back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 13 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's c…

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Yo, what's the golden ball story about, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** golden ball story

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 236 «English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's chores, loses the groats to a robber, and the couple wins them back» 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/236-pg14241-part3/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t13:1
# text = Yo, what's the golden ball story about, like?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the golden ball story |  |  |  |  | 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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a lad and his lass chasing a magic ball down a hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t13:o1:1
# text = a lad and his lass chasing a magic ball down a hill
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	lass	lass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | gerund | a lad and his lass *not said here* | a magic ball |  | a hill |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ball=Theme down hill=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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two girls and a red hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t13:o2:1
# text = two girls and a red hat
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two girls who lose a golden ball in a well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t13:o3:1
# text = two girls who lose a golden ball in a well
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | two girls | a golden ball |  | a well |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two lasses and a ball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:t13:o4:1
# text = two lasses and a ball
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	lasses	lass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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