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title: Did the Seer ever find the good stuff again? — Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the Seer ever find the good stuff again? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 939 «Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's ey…

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Did the Seer ever find the good stuff again?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Seer · **What happens:** do, find · **To what, where:** Seer, good stuff

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 939 «Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out» 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/939-pg27200-part150/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t11:1
# text = Did the Seer ever find the good stuff again?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Seer	seer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Seer |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seer=Eventuality |
| 2 | **find** | infinitive | the Seer *not said here* | the good stuff |  |  | ever; again |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Topic |

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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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Nah, but he got a new pair of eyes from a wizard later, so it all worked out fine

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t11:o1:1
# text = Nah, but he got a new pair of eyes from a wizard later, so it all worked out fine
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	all	all	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
20	out	out	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	_
21	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | a new pair of eyes from a wizard |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pair=Stimulus |
| 2 | **work out** | past | pair |  |  |  |  | all, fine *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he found it again at last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t11:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he found it again at last
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | he | it |  | last | again |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at last=Asset |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he lost his faith in the world and himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t11:o3:1
# text = Nah, he lost his faith in the world and himself
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | he | his faith |  | the world |  | himself *= he* *obl* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he found the good stuff again after a long journey through the north and back

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:t11:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he found the good stuff again after a long journey through the north and back
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | he | the good stuff |  |  | after a long journey through the north and back; again |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Topic |

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