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title: lol the bald knight's wig flew off, what did his mates do? — Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury a… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol the bald knight's wig flew off, what did his mates do? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 395 «Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a poor carpenter smashes his idol and gets gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a…

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lol the bald knight's wig flew off, what did his mates do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wig, mates · **What happens:** fly off, do

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 395 «Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a poor carpenter smashes his idol and gets 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/395-pg21-part16/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t3:1
# text = lol the bald knight's wig flew off, what did his mates do?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wig	wig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly off** | past | the bald knight's wig |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | present | his mates |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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laughed their heads off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t3:o1:1
# text = laughed their heads off
1	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh off** | past |  | their heads |  |  |  | off *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they quietly went to find him a new wig from the market stall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t3:o2:1
# text = they quietly went to find him a new wig from the market stall
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wig	wig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	stall	stall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | they |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme wig=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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ran off in shame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t3:o3:1
# text = ran off in shame
1	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past |  |  |  | shame |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shame=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
clapped and whooped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:395-pg21-part16:t3:o4:1
# text = clapped and whooped
1	clapped	clap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	whooped	whoop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clap** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **whoop** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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