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title: ok so the writer guy, what did the old carp say he was among men? — A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok so the writer guy, what did the old carp say he was among men? Test 9 · ★ 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 dependen
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# Test 9 · ★ · A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the ol…

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ok so the writer guy, what did the old carp say he was among men?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** writer guy, guy · **What happens:** do, say, be · **To what, where:** old carp · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t9:1
# text = ok so the writer guy, what did the old carp say he was among men?
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	carp	carp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	among	among	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the writer guy | the old carp |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carp=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the writer guy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | guy |  |  |  |  | among men | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a sort of sea-slug or jelly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t9:o1:1
# text = a sort of sea-slug or jelly
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	slug	slug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** |  |  | sea slug or jelly |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a kind of cuttle or ink-fish that lived in the deep sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t9:o2:1
# text = a kind of cuttle or ink-fish that lived in the deep sea
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	cuttle	cuttle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	ink	ink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | a kind of cuttle or ink fish |  |  | the deep sea |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a kind of cuttle or ink-fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t9:o3:1
# text = a kind of cuttle or ink-fish
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	cuttle	cuttle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	ink	ink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a strange sea-monster of the ocean with arms and ink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t9:o4:1
# text = a strange sea-monster of the ocean with arms and ink
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	ink	ink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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

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