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title: Could the kids read the words on the taps, or what? — Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of The… · tree and pragmatics
description: Could the kids read the words on the taps, or what? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 642 «Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10: the children escape the dragon and find the room of weather taps» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 6 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Could the kids read the words on the taps, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** read · **To what, where:** words, taps

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 642 «Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10: the children escape the dragon and find the room of weather taps» 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/642-pg23661-part10/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t6:1
# text = Could the kids read the words on the taps, or what?
1	Could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	taps	tap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | the kids | the words |  | the taps |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they could only read the easy words on them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t6:o1:1
# text = Nah, they could only read the easy words on them
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | could | they | the easy words |  |  |  | on words *= word* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they could read words of two or three syllables, so they managed all the labels on the taps

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they could read words of two or three syllables, so they managed all the labels on the taps
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	conj	_	_
11	syllables	syllable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	managed	manage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	18	det:predet	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	labels	label	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	taps	tap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | could | they | words of two syllables |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
| 2 | **manage** | past | words *= word* | all labels |  | the taps |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent label=Theme on tap=Eventuality |
| 3 | **word** |  |  | two syllables |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they could read words of two or three syllables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t6:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they could read words of two or three syllables
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	conj	_	_
11	syllables	syllable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | could | they | words of two syllables |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
| 2 | **word** |  |  | two syllables |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but only words of one syllable at a time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t6:o4:1
# text = Yeah, but only words of one syllable at a time
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	syllable	syllable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **word** |  |  | one syllable at a time |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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