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title: Did the tooth really have four prongs, like a pitchfork? — Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the tooth really have four prongs, like a pitchfork? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 595 «Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache, a talking box, and a stranger who mistakes him» 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 3 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the tooth really have four prongs, like a pitchfork?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, have · **To what, where:** tooth, four prongs

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 595 «Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache, a talking box, and a stranger who mistakes him» 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/595-pg2306-part31/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t3:1
# text = Did the tooth really have four prongs, like a pitchfork?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	prongs	prong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pitchfork	pitchfork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the tooth |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** | present |  | four prongs and a pitchfork |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prong=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a fo'-prong feller with a root longer than a fence post, for real

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t3:o1:1
# text = Yeah, a fo'-prong feller with a root longer than a fence post, for real
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fo	fo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	prong	prong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	feller	feller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a fo'-prong feller, for real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, a fo'-prong feller, for real
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	fo	fo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	prong	prong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	feller	feller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a five-prong feller, for sure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, a five-prong feller, for sure
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	prong	prong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	feller	feller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a fo'-prong feller, just like a pitchfork, for real

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah, a fo'-prong feller, just like a pitchfork, for real
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fo	fo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	prong	prong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	feller	feller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pitchfork	pitchfork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	_
```

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

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