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title: where did they read the poem, the theatre or what? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: where did they read the poem, the theatre or what? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 280 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 7: a young man wears the Shoes and gets stuck in the railings» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 7: a yo…

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where did they read the poem, the theatre or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** read · **To what, where:** poem

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 280 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 7: a young man wears the Shoes and gets stuck in the railings» 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/280-pg1597-part7/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:280-pg1597-part7:t11:1
# text = where did they read the poem, the theatre or what?
1	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past · do-support | they | the poem |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Topic |

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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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the little theatre on King Street, duh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:280-pg1597-part7:t11:o1:1
# text = the little theatre on King Street, duh
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:desc	_	_
6	Street	Street	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	duh	duh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
King Street theatre, duh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:280-pg1597-part7:t11:o2:1
# text = King Street theatre, duh
1	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	Street	Street	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	duh	duh	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the town hall, duh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:280-pg1597-part7:t11:o3:1
# text = the town hall, duh
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	duh	duh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
some tiny theatre way over on King Street, bro, duh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:280-pg1597-part7:t11:o4:1
# text = some tiny theatre way over on King Street, bro, duh
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:desc	_	_
8	Street	Street	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
12	duh	duh	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
```

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

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