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title: Who even sent the trunk to him, like was it his bezzie? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Tru… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who even sent the trunk to him, like was it his bezzie? Test 6 · ★ 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 q
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt…

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Who even sent the trunk to him, like was it his bezzie?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** trunk · **What happens:** send, be · **To what, where:** trunk, him

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t6:1
# text = Who even sent the trunk to him, like was it his bezzie?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	even	even	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	bezzie	bezzie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past |  | the trunk | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent trunk=Theme to he=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | past | trunk |  |  |  |  | like his bezzie | 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}

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A pal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t6:o1:1
# text = A pal
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A good-natured friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t6:o2:1
# text = A good-natured friend
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	natured	natured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A nice old schoolfriend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t6:o3:1
# text = A nice old schoolfriend
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	schoolfriend	schoolfriend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His cousin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:t6:o4:1
# text = His cousin
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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