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title: Bro, the dragon basically scoffed the whole treasure before brekkie,… — pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, the dragon basically scoffed the whole treasure before brekkie, proper mental, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 656 «pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trapped in a bottle and Elfin's hands are burnt» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 1 · ★ · pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trap…

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Bro, the dragon basically scoffed the whole treasure before brekkie, proper mental, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** scoff, innit · **To what, where:** whole treasure

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 656 «pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trapped in a bottle and Elfin's hands are burnt» 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/656-pg23661-part24/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t1:1
# text = Bro, the dragon basically scoffed the whole treasure before brekkie, proper mental, innit?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	scoffed	scoff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	brekkie	brekkie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scoff** | past | Bro | the whole treasure |  |  | before brekkie | basically *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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dragon ate it all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t1:o1:1
# text = dragon ate it all
1	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | dragon | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the dragon ate up the treasure before the Prince woke up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t1:o2:1
# text = the dragon ate up the treasure before the Prince woke up
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat up** | past | the dragon | the treasure |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Patient |
| 2 | **wake up** | past | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the dragon ate gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t1:o3:1
# text = the dragon ate gold
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the dragon | gold |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the dragon gobbled all the treasure before breakfast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:656-pg23661-part24:t1:o4:1
# text = the dragon gobbled all the treasure before breakfast
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gobbled	gobble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobble** | past | the dragon | all treasure |  |  | before breakfast |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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