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title: Is the uncle's house a total dump? — Fairy Tales and Stories, The Ice Maide… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is the uncle's house a total dump? Test 6 · ★ 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's ch
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales and Stories, The Ice Maiden, part 65: Rudy cro…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Is the uncle's house a total dump?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** house

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:t6:1
# text = Is the uncle's house a total dump?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	csubj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	dump	dump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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** | present |  | the uncle's house |  |  |  |  | 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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Nah, it's got way more old furniture and copper pots than your gran's, honestly

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:t6:o1:1
# text = Nah, it's got way more old furniture and copper pots than your gran's, honestly
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	furniture	furniture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | it | way |  |  |  | honestly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer furniture=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it's got more stuff than Rudy's gran's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:t6:o2:1
# text = Nah, it's got more stuff than Rudy's gran's
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | it | more stuff |  |  |  | than Rudy's gran | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stuff=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it's full of dust and rubbish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:t6:o3:1
# text = Yeah, it's full of dust and rubbish
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | of dust and rubbish; full *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it's got loads of old furniture, paintings and bits of copper all over the place, actually

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:854-pg27200-part65:t6:o4:1
# text = Nah, it's got loads of old furniture, paintings and bits of copper all over the place, actually
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	furniture	furniture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	all	all	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	over	over	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | it | loads of old furniture and paintings and bits of copper |  | the place |  | actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus |

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