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title: Last one, what's the best bit of the whole tale for you? — Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Last one, what's the best bit of the whole tale for you? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 702 «Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude» 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 12 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bri…

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Last one, what's the best bit of the whole tale for you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Last one · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** best bit

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 702 «Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude» 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/702-pg2435-part42/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:t12:1
# text = Last one, what's the best bit of the whole tale for you?
1	Last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Last one | the best bit |  |  |  | of the whole tale for you | 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 fox fooling the king with his lies about the sheep and burning the ogre in the oven

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:t12:o1:1
# text = The fox fooling the king with his lies about the sheep and burning the ogre in the oven
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	fooling	fool	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | the king |  |  |  | with king's lies about the sheep | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | the ogre |  | the oven |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ogre=Theme |
| 3 | **lie** |  | king |  |  |  |  | about the sheep | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent about=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The fox fooling the king and then burning the ogre and his wife in the big oven at night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:t12:o2:1
# text = The fox fooling the king and then burning the ogre and his wife in the big oven at night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	fooling	fool	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | the king |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | the ogre and king's wife |  | the big oven | then; night |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ogre=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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When the fox fools the king with pears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:t12:o3:1
# text = When the fox fools the king with pears
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fools	fool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pears	pear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | present | the fox | the king |  |  |  | with pears | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |

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

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The fox fooling the king and burning the ogre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:t12:o4:1
# text = The fox fooling the king and burning the ogre
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	fooling	fool	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | the king |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | the ogre |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ogre=Theme |

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