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title: the needle heart, was it an old maid's, fr? — Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fort… · tree and pragmatics
description: the needle heart, was it an old maid's, fr? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 840 «Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 51: a volunteer shrinks to wander through strange hearts, then a clerk puts on the goloshes and feels like a poet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 51: a volu…

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the needle heart, was it an old maid's, fr?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** needle heart · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 840 «Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 51: a volunteer shrinks to wander through strange hearts, then a clerk puts on the goloshes and feels like a poet» 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/840-pg27200-part51/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t6:1
# text = the needle heart, was it an old maid's, fr?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the needle heart |  |  |  |  | 's a old maid and fr | 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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no, a sailor's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t6:o1:1
# text = no, a sailor's
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, an old maid's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t6:o2:1
# text = yes, an old maid's
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t6:o3:1
# text = yes
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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no, a young officer's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t6:o4:1
# text = no, a young officer's
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
```

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

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