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title: What was the old tailors' flag like, then? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the old tailors' flag like, then? Test 11 · ★ 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 each option; M
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man an…

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What was the old tailors' flag like, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t11:1
# text = What was the old tailors' flag like, then?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tailors	tailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  |  |  |  | then |  | 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 {#o1}

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Two large lions holding up a pair of scissors together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t11:o1:1
# text = Two large lions holding up a pair of scissors together
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | gerund | Two large lions *not said here* | a pair of scissors |  |  |  | together *property* | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pair=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A red flag showing scissors held up by two golden lions and a crown on top

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t11:o2:1
# text = A red flag showing scissors held up by two golden lions and a crown on top
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund | a red flag *not said here* | scissors and a crown |  | top |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent scissors=Recipient |
| 2 | **hold up** | participle |  | scissors and a crown *not said here* |  |  |  | by two golden lions | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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

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Scissors held up by two lions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t11:o3:1
# text = Scissors held up by two lions
1	Scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | participle |  | Scissors *not said here* |  |  |  | by two lions | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Thread wound around a bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t11:o4:1
# text = Thread wound around a bear
1	Thread	thread	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thread** | imperative | you *not said here* | wound |  | a bear |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Patient |

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