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title: So who's the singer dude, like a rapper? — Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular… · tree and pragmatics
description: So who's the singer dude, like a rapper? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So who's the singer dude, like a rapper?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** singer dude

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» 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/802-pg27200-part13/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t2:1
# text = So who's the singer dude, like a rapper?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rapper	rapper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the singer dude and a rapper |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, bro, he's an old bard who came off a ship with a harp and a cloak full of tales

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t2:o1:1
# text = Nah, bro, he's an old bard who came off a ship with a harp and a cloak full of tales
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bard	bard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
21	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | bro | a old bard and a cloak |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come off** | past | a old bard and a cloak |  |  |  |  | with a harp | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some sailor with a fiddle, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t2:o2:1
# text = Some sailor with a fiddle, fam
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Old bard with a harp, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t2:o3:1
# text = Old bard with a harp, no cap
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bard	bard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Just a peddler, no big deal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t2:o4:1
# text = Just a peddler, no big deal
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	peddler	peddler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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