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# Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsm…

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the merchant lost his ships and was broke, so how did he get rich again?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** merchant · **What happens:** lose, be, get · **To what, where:** ships

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 776 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen: the false huntsmen are unmasked and the king weds his true bride» 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/776-pg2591-part52/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:t12:1
# text = the merchant lost his ships and was broke, so how did he get rich again?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	broke	broke	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
15	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	again	again	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | the merchant | merchant's ships |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past | the merchant *not said here* |  |  |  |  | broke *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | past · do-support | merchant |  |  |  | again | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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he sold a horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:t12:o1:1
# text = he sold a horse
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | he | a horse |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he found gold in a lumber-room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:t12:o2:1
# text = he found gold in a lumber-room
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	lumber	lumber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | he | gold |  | a lumber room |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he sold his old house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:t12:o3:1
# text = he sold his old house
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | he | his old house |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he found silver in a cellar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:776-pg2591-part52:t12:o4:1
# text = he found silver in a cellar
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | he | silver |  | a cellar |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silver=Topic |

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