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title: ngl what was the rat salty about, no cap? — A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl what was the rat salty about, no cap? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 818 «A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the old days, the Dryad dances at Mabille and flies to the red tower, and the fishes gossip» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 1 · ★ · A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the ol…

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ngl what was the rat salty about, no cap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** rat salty

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 818 «A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the old days, the Dryad dances at Mabille and flies to the red tower, and the fishes gossip» 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/818-pg27200-part29/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t1:1
# text = ngl what was the rat salty about, no cap?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	salty	salty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	cap	cap	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** | past | ngl | the rat salty and no cap |  |  |  | about *property* | 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 old lamps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t1:o1:1
# text = the old lamps
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the bright gas and petroleum lights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t1:o2:1
# text = the bright gas and petroleum lights
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	petroleum	petroleum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the dim tallow candles of the old town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t1:o3:1
# text = the dim tallow candles of the old town
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	dim	dim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	tallow	tallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the cheap oil lamps in the cellar stairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t1:o4:1
# text = the cheap oil lamps in the cellar stairs
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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