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title: bro what did the company ride away in? — A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro what did the company ride away in? Test 13 · ★ 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 of 
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# Test 13 · ★ · A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the ol…

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bro what did the company ride away in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** do, ride · **To what, where:** company

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t13:1
# text = bro what did the company ride away in?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | bro | the company |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ride** | present | bro |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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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 cart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t13:o1:1
# text = a cart
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 -->
an open omnibus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t13:o2:1
# text = an open omnibus
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	omnibus	omnibus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a hired brougham

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t13:o3:1
# text = a hired brougham
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hired	hire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	brougham	brougham	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hire** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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a huge covered wagon drawn by two horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t13:o4:1
# text = a huge covered wagon drawn by two horses
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	wagon	wagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **draw** | participle |  | a huge covered wagon *not said here* |  |  |  | by two horses | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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