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title: what even is a "minstrel" anyway, like a rapper? — pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128:… · tree and pragmatics
description: what even is a "minstrel" anyway, like a rapper? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 917 «pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly, is turned away, and finds the apple-tree still bearing fruit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 9 · ★ · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what even is a "minstrel" anyway, like a rapper?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** minstrel

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 917 «pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly, is turned away, and finds the apple-tree still bearing fruit» 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/917-pg27200-part128/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t9:1
# text = what even is a "minstrel" anyway, like a rapper?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	minstrel	minstrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rapper	rapper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | a minstrel |  |  |  | anyway *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kinda, a travelling singer who made songs back then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t9:o1:1
# text = Kinda, a travelling singer who made songs back then
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	travelling	travel	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make back** | past | a travelling singer | songs |  |  | then | kinda *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset song=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kinda, a travelling singer and poet who composed songs at the courts of old

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t9:o2:1
# text = Kinda, a travelling singer and poet who composed songs at the courts of old
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	travelling	travel	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	composed	compose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **compose** | past | a travelling singer and poet | songs |  | the courts of old |  | kinda *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not really, a noble who wrote songs and sang them at court feasts in the castle

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t9:o3:1
# text = Not really, a noble who wrote songs and sang them at court feasts in the castle
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	noble	noble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	feasts	feast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | a noble | songs |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | a noble *not said here* | songs *= song* |  | court feasts |  | in the castle | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sort of, a wandering poet who sang tales

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t9:o4:1
# text = Sort of, a wandering poet who sang tales
1	Sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | a wandering poet | tales |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tale=Theme |

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