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title: real talk, what does the story teach us about the bell? — Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an o… · tree and pragmatics
description: real talk, what does the story teach us about the bell? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 13 · ★ · Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a gra…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
real talk, what does the story teach us about the bell?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** story · **What happens:** teach · **To what, where:** real talk, us

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» 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/349-pg18442-part9/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t13:1
# text = real talk, what does the story teach us about the bell?
1	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	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 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · do-support | the story | real talk | us |  |  | about the bell | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient we=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 bell should only be rung when someone truly suffers a real and serious wrong

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t13:o1:1
# text = the bell should only be rung when someone truly suffers a real and serious wrong
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	rung	ring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
9	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	suffers	suffer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
15	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | should · passive |  | the bell |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **suffer** | present | someone |  |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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it only rings when a real wrong has been done to someone in the town

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t13:o2:1
# text = it only rings when a real wrong has been done to someone in the town
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	rings	ring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present · perfect · passive |  | a real wrong |  |  |  | to someone | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it only rings for real wrongs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t13:o3:1
# text = it only rings for real wrongs
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	rings	ring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wrongs	wrong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | present | it |  |  |  |  | for real wrongs | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it rings for every rich man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t13:o4:1
# text = it rings for every rich man
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rings	ring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | present | it |  |  |  |  | for every rich man | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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