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title: How come he was dressed like a Turk in the town, though? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Tru… · tree and pragmatics
description: How come he was dressed like a Turk in the town, though? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 828 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt paper's last words, then a ruined son flies off in a magic trunk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt…

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How come he was dressed like a Turk in the town, though?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** dress · **To what, where:** he, town

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 828 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt paper's last words, then a ruined son flies off in a magic trunk» 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/828-pg27200-part39/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t10:1
# text = How come he was dressed like a Turk in the town, though?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	come	come	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Turk	Turk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | present · passive |  | he |  | the town |  | like a Turk | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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A dressing-gown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t10:o1:1
# text = A dressing-gown
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	dressing	dressing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	gown	gown	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}

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He wore dressing-gown and slippers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t10:o2:1
# text = He wore dressing-gown and slippers
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dressing	dress	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	slippers	slipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dress** | gerund | He *not said here* | gown and slippers |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gown=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He wore a silk turban and cloak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t10:o3:1
# text = He wore a silk turban and cloak
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	turban	turban	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | He | a silk turban and cloak |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent turban=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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In slippers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t10:o4:1
# text = In slippers
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	slippers	slipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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