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title: Oi, who's the dude who rides a Billy-goat in this one? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dulla… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, who's the dude who rides a Billy-goat in this one? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 819 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard, part 30: the Dryad vanishes at dawn, then Jack sets off on his Billy-goat and finds a dead crow and an old shoe» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard, part 30: the Dry…

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Oi, who's the dude who rides a Billy-goat in this one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi, dude · **What happens:** be, ride · **To what, where:** dude, Billy goat

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 819 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard, part 30: the Dryad vanishes at dawn, then Jack sets off on his Billy-goat and finds a dead crow and an old shoe» 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/819-pg27200-part30/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t1:1
# text = Oi, who's the dude who rides a Billy-goat in this one?
1	Oi	Oi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	Billy	Billy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Oi | the dude |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ride** | present | the dude | a Billy goat |  |  |  | in this one | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Jack the Dullard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t1:o1:1
# text = Jack the Dullard
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Dullard	Dullard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Harry the Brave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t1:o2:1
# text = Harry the Brave
1	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Brave	Brave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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the Billy-goat rider named Jack the Dullard from the farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t1:o3:1
# text = the Billy-goat rider named Jack the Dullard from the farm
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	Billy	Billy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Dullard	Dullard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  | the Billy goat rider *not said here* |  | the farm |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the youngest son of the old proprietor, Jack the Dullard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t1:o4:1
# text = the youngest son of the old proprietor, Jack the Dullard
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	proprietor	proprietor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Dullard	Dullard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
```

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

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