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title: What did he pick from the stables for the war? — Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did he pick from the stables for the war? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 11 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl give…

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What did he pick from the stables for the war?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** pick · **To what, where:** stables

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» 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/681-pg2435-part21/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t11:1
# text = What did he pick from the stables for the war?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | past · do-support | he |  |  | the stables |  | for the war | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent what=Theme from stable=Source for war=Asset |

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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 -->
A scruffy little pony, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t11:o1:1
# text = A scruffy little pony, mate
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	scruffy	scruffy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A poor lame horse, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t11:o2:1
# text = A poor lame horse, mate
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	lame	lame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The shiniest white stallion in the stables, with a golden saddle, mate, sick

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t11:o3:1
# text = The shiniest white stallion in the stables, with a golden saddle, mate, sick
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	shiniest	shiny	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stallion	stallion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A big black war horse, mate, trained to charge through the whole enemy line

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t11:o4:1
# text = A big black war horse, mate, trained to charge through the whole enemy line
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	charge	charge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **charge** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the whole enemy line |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through line=Trajectory |

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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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