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title: Dead funny, what does the fool reckon he has turned into? — English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dead funny, what does the fool reckon he has turned into? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 247 «English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a coat o' clay, gets muddy and drunk, and learns he is still a fool» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 11 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a…

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Dead funny, what does the fool reckon he has turned into?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fool · **What happens:** reckon, turn

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 247 «English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a coat o' clay, gets muddy and drunk, and learns he is still a fool» 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/247-pg14241-part14/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t11:1
# text = Dead funny, what does the fool reckon he has turned into?
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
5	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present · do-support | the fool |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |
| 2 | **turn** | present · perfect | fool |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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 man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t11:o1:1
# text = a man
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a fool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t11:o2:1
# text = a fool
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a wise man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t11:o3:1
# text = a wise man
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a wise king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t11:o4:1
# text = a wise king
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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