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title: Proper dodgy, but what did the collar claim he owned? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shirt Coll… · tree and pragmatics
description: Proper dodgy, but what did the collar claim he owned? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 976 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shirt Collar: a boastful collar loses every bride and ends as paper» 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 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shirt Collar: a boastful colla…

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Proper dodgy, but what did the collar claim he owned?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** do, own · **To what, where:** collar claim

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 976 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shirt Collar: a boastful collar loses every bride and ends as paper» 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/976-pg27200-part187/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:976-pg27200-part187:t3:1
# text = Proper dodgy, but what did the collar claim he owned?
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	owned	own	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the collar claim |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Eventuality |
| 2 | **own** | past | he | the collar claim *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot claim=Theme |

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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}

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A boot-jack and a hair-brush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:976-pg27200-part187:t3:o1:1
# text = A boot-jack and a hair-brush
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	jack	jack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A boot-jack, a hair-brush, and a fine silver locket from the hall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:976-pg27200-part187:t3:o2:1
# text = A boot-jack, a hair-brush, and a fine silver locket from the hall
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	jack	jack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	locket	locket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A boot-jack and a comb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:976-pg27200-part187:t3:o3:1
# text = A boot-jack and a comb
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	jack	jack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A boot-jack, a hair-brush, and a gold watch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:976-pg27200-part187:t3:o4:1
# text = A boot-jack, a hair-brush, and a gold watch
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	jack	jack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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