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title: Dead, which bit of his kit became claws? — Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dead, which bit of his kit became claws? Test 7 · ★ 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 of the ques
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 9: the clerk…

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Dead, which bit of his kit became claws?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dead · **What happens:** become · **To what, where:** claws

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t7:1
# text = Dead, which bit of his kit became claws?
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	kit	kit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | Dead | claws |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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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his woollen scarf and the thick galoshes he wore in the rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t7:o1:1
# text = his woollen scarf and the thick galoshes he wore in the rain
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	woollen	woollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	scarf	scarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
7	galoshes	galosh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **galosh** | present | his woollen scarf |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | past | he |  |  | the rain |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the galoshes on his feet, which had been his pride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t7:o2:1
# text = the galoshes on his feet, which had been his pride
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	galoshes	galosh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	cop	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past · perfect | the galoshes on his feet and his pride | his pride |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the trousers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t7:o3:1
# text = the trousers
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trousers	trousers	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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the galoshes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t7:o4:1
# text = the galoshes
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	galoshes	galosh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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