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title: what's on the menu at the elf feast, safe to eat? — Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfi… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's on the menu at the elf feast, safe to eat? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's on the menu at the elf feast, safe to eat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, eat · **To what, where:** menu

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» 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/822-pg27200-part33/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t9:1
# text = what's on the menu at the elf feast, safe to eat?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	menu	menu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	elf	elf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the menu |  | at the elf feast | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Moths on sticks and slug jelly, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t9:o1:1
# text = Moths on sticks and slug jelly, bruv
1	Moths	moth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	slug	slug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Roasted mice and bat wings, served on mud plates with spiders, which is well grim

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t9:o2:1
# text = Roasted mice and bat wings, served on mud plates with spiders, which is well grim
1	Roasted	roast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
17	grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roast** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **serve** | participle |  |  |  | mud plates with spiders |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | Roasted mice and bat wings |  |  |  |  | grim, well *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Frogs on a spit and snail skins, plus slug soup and rusty nails for pudding, proper gross

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t9:o3:1
# text = Frogs on a spit and snail skins, plus slug soup and rusty nails for pudding, proper gross
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	slug	slug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	rusty	rusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	pudding	pudding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	gross	gross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Frogs on a spit and snail skins, gross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t9:o4:1
# text = Frogs on a spit and snail skins, gross
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	gross	gross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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

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