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title: Oi, what was John even making at the start? — Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, what was John even making at the start? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 651 «Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: John finds a dragon in the dungeon and chains it up with his baby as a pledge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 1 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: Jo…

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Oi, what was John even making at the start?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** John · **What happens:** make · **To what, where:** start

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 651 «Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: John finds a dragon in the dungeon and chains it up with his baby as a pledge» 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/651-pg23661-part19/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t1:1
# text = Oi, what was John even making at the start?
1	Oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · progressive | John |  |  | the start |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Product |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bridle for some lord's horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t1:o1:1
# text = a bridle for some lord's horse
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a pair of golden shoes for some posh lady's pet goat and dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t1:o2:1
# text = a pair of golden shoes for some posh lady's pet goat and dog
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a new iron gate for some rich lady's garden and her goat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t1:o3:1
# text = a new iron gate for some rich lady's garden and her goat
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a goat-shoe for some posh lady's goat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t1:o4:1
# text = a goat-shoe for some posh lady's goat
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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