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description: mate, what was the messenger on about, the one who saw the dancing thing? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 750 «Household Tales, Gretel the Cook, part 26: the queen learns the dwarf's name, and Gretel eats the fowls» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 3 · ★ · Household Tales, Gretel the Cook, part 26: the queen learn…

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mate, what was the messenger on about, the one who saw the dancing thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, one · **What happens:** be, see · **To what, where:** messenger, dancing thing

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 750 «Household Tales, Gretel the Cook, part 26: the queen learns the dwarf's name, and Gretel eats the fowls» 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/750-pg2591-part26/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:t3:1
# text = mate, what was the messenger on about, the one who saw the dancing thing?
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | mate and the messenger | the messenger |  |  |  | on the one | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | the one | the dancing thing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |

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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}

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A dwarf singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:t3:o1:1
# text = A dwarf singing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A witch brewing a potion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:t3:o2:1
# text = A witch brewing a potion
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	brewing	brew	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brew** | gerund | a witch *not said here* | a potion |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potion=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A dwarf singing his own name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:t3:o3:1
# text = A dwarf singing his own name
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  | his own name |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location name=Theme |
| 2 | **name** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A dwarf dancing in a ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:750-pg2591-part26:t3:o4:1
# text = A dwarf dancing in a ring
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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