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title: so what's Tiidu staring at, the sea or the sky? — Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what's Tiidu staring at, the sea or the sky? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 679 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magic apples and a hope of rescue» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magi…

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so what's Tiidu staring at, the sea or the sky?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tiidu · **What happens:** stare

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 679 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magic apples and a hope of rescue» 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/679-pg2435-part19/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t11:1
# text = so what's Tiidu staring at, the sea or the sky?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | present · progressive | Tiidu |  |  |  |  |  | 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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The sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t11:o1:1
# text = The sky
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The island

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t11:o2:1
# text = The island
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The sea, hoping for a sail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t11:o3:1
# text = The sea, hoping for a sail
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	hoping	hope	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sail	sail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | gerund | the sea *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a sail | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for sail=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The trees, hoping for fruit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t11:o4:1
# text = The trees, hoping for fruit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	hoping	hope	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | gerund | the trees *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for fruit | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for fruit=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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