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title: Did the old man's picture book have cool stuff in it? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the old man's picture book have cool stuff in it? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 921 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man and a little boy become friends across the street» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man an…

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Did the old man's picture book have cool stuff in it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** picture book · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** cool stuff, stuff

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 921 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man and a little boy become friends across the street» 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/921-pg27200-part132/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t10:1
# text = Did the old man's picture book have cool stuff in it?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the old man's picture book | cool stuff |  | stuff |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |

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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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Maps of far-off lands and tiny sheep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t10:o1:1
# text = Maps of far-off lands and tiny sheep
1	Maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Long processions of wonderful coaches with gold wheels and horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t10:o2:1
# text = Long processions of wonderful coaches with gold wheels and horses
1	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	processions	procession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coaches	coach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** |  | wonderful coaches with gold wheels and horses |  |  |  |  |  | nom procession «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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Long processions of wonderful coaches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t10:o3:1
# text = Long processions of wonderful coaches
1	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	processions	procession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coaches	coach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** |  | wonderful coaches |  |  |  |  |  | nom procession «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Many pages of coaches, carts and soldiers marching in long lines through a city

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t10:o4:1
# text = Many pages of coaches, carts and soldiers marching in long lines through a city
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	coaches	coach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	marching	march	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march** | gerund | carts and soldiers *not said here* |  |  | long lines |  | through a city | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in line=Trajectory |
| 2 | **page** |  |  | coaches |  |  |  |  | nom page «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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