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title: Was the uncle a proper hunter or what? — Fairy Tales and Stories, The Ice Maide… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the uncle a proper hunter or what? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 854 «Fairy Tales and Stories, The Ice Maiden, part 65: Rudy crosses the mountains and reaches his uncle's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales and Stories, The Ice Maiden, part 65: Rudy cro…

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Was the uncle a proper hunter or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** uncle

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 854 «Fairy Tales and Stories, The Ice Maiden, part 65: Rudy crosses the mountains and reaches his uncle's house» 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/854-pg27200-part65/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:t11:1
# text = Was the uncle a proper hunter or what?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the uncle |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, one of the best chamois hunters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:t11:o1:1
# text = Yeah, one of the best chamois hunters
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
7	chamois	chamois	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was one of the best chamois hunters in the whole valley and knew every path

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:t11:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he was one of the best chamois hunters in the whole valley and knew every path
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
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	cop	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
9	chamois	chamois	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | one |  |  |  | of the best chamois hunters in the whole valley | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past |  | every path |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer path=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was a mere clerk, actually

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:t11:o3:1
# text = Nah, he was a mere clerk, actually
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mere	mere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | a mere clerk |  |  |  | actually *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, one of the best chamois hunters in the whole canton, and he won many prizes at fairs

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:t11:o4:1
# text = Yeah, one of the best chamois hunters in the whole canton, and he won many prizes at fairs
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
7	chamois	chamois	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	canton	canton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	fairs	fair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | one of the best chamois hunters in the whole canton | many prizes |  | fairs |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent prize=Theme at fair=Asset |

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