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title: was the tree at Amack a real tree or what? — Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the tree at Amack a real tree or what? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 929 «Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 140: Ole talks about boulders, the wild ride to Amack and falling stars» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 140: Ole talk…

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was the tree at Amack a real tree or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** tree, Amack

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 929 «Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 140: Ole talks about boulders, the wild ride to Amack and falling stars» 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/929-pg27200-part140/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:929-pg27200-part140:t9:1
# text = was the tree at Amack a real tree 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	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Amack	Amack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the tree |  | Amack |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, a stem from a dirt-heap, kinda like a giant mushroom with a roof on top

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:929-pg27200-part140:t9:o1:1
# text = nah, a stem from a dirt-heap, kinda like a giant mushroom with a roof on top
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stem	stem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, a rock, like a big boulder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:929-pg27200-part140:t9:o2:1
# text = nah, a rock, like a big boulder
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	boulder	boulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, a stem from a dirt-heap, like a big mushroom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:929-pg27200-part140:t9:o3:1
# text = nah, a stem from a dirt-heap, like a big mushroom
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stem	stem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a tall pine, like a stump

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:929-pg27200-part140:t9:o4:1
# text = yeah, a tall pine, like a stump
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pine	pine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stump	stump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

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