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title: Bruv, which lot bought the stupid bird in the end? — Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, which lot bought the stupid bird in the end? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 282 «Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 9: the clerk dreams he is a lark, is caught by a sailor-boy and is sold to two schoolboys» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 9: the clerk…

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Bruv, which lot bought the stupid bird in the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lot · **What happens:** buy · **To what, where:** stupid bird, end

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 282 «Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 9: the clerk dreams he is a lark, is caught by a sailor-boy and is sold to two schoolboys» 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/282-pg1597-part9/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t11:1
# text = Bruv, which lot bought the stupid bird in the end?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | which lot | the stupid bird |  |  | in the end | Bruv *vocative* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three merchants of the middle class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t11:o1:1
# text = three merchants of the middle class
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two schoolboys of the upper class who wanted it for their lessons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t11:o2:1
# text = two schoolboys of the upper class who wanted it for their lessons
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	schoolboys	schoolboy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the upper class | class |  |  |  | for schoolboys's lessons | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two schoolboys of the upper class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t11:o3:1
# text = two schoolboys of the upper class
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	schoolboys	schoolboy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two schoolboys of the upper class from the grammar school on the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t11:o4:1
# text = two schoolboys of the upper class from the grammar school on the hill
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	schoolboys	schoolboy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	grammar	grammar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

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