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title: the travellers were joking about supper in the stable, fr? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes o… · tree and pragmatics
description: the travellers were joking about supper in the stable, fr? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 842 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 53: the clerk wakes at his table; the student's goloshes carry him to Italy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 53:…

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the travellers were joking about supper in the stable, fr?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** travellers · **What happens:** joke · **To what, where:** stable

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 842 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 53: the clerk wakes at his table; the student's goloshes carry him to Italy» 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/842-pg27200-part53/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:t9:1
# text = the travellers were joking about supper in the stable, fr?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	joking	joke	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **joke** *speech: other* | past · progressive | the travellers |  |  | the stable and fr |  | about supper | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about supper=Topic |

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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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yes, to hide the dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:t9:o1:1
# text = yes, to hide the dust
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  | the dust |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dust=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, not really

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:t9:o2:1
# text = no, not really
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, to show the smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:t9:o3:1
# text = yeah, to show the smell
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | the smell |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent smell=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, to keep the warmth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:842-pg27200-part53:t9:o4:1
# text = no, to keep the warmth
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the warmth |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warmth=Theme |

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