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title: Ngl, what smelt so strong in the forest? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what smelt so strong in the forest? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 989 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 1: four mice set out to learn how to make soup, and one of them meets elves at a Maypole dance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 1…

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Ngl, what smelt so strong in the forest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** smelt

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 989 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 1: four mice set out to learn how to make soup, and one of them meets elves at a Maypole dance» 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/989-pg27200-part200/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t7:1
# text = Ngl, what smelt so strong in the forest?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	smelt	smelt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smelt** | past | Ngl |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | 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}

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the sharp pine and birch trees of the northern forest in spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t7:o1:1
# text = the sharp pine and birch trees of the northern forest in spring
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pine	pine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the pine resin and the birch bark drying in the warm afternoon sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t7:o2:1
# text = the pine resin and the birch bark drying in the warm afternoon sun
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pine	pine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	resin	resin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	drying	dry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | gerund | the pine resin and the birch bark *not said here* |  |  | the warm afternoon sun |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the wet ferns and bracken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t7:o3:1
# text = the wet ferns and bracken
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ferns	fern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	bracken	bracken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the pine and birch trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t7:o4:1
# text = the pine and birch trees
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pine	pine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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