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description: so, what's needed to be a poet, fam? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 990 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 201: the elves' glittering maypole and feast, the violet staff and noisy kitchen, then the second mouse sets out to become a poet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 2…

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so, what's needed to be a poet, fam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** need, be · **To what, where:** poet

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 990 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 201: the elves' glittering maypole and feast, the violet staff and noisy kitchen, then the second mouse sets out to become a poet» 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/990-pg27200-part201/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t12:1
# text = so, what's needed to be a poet, fam?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | a poet and fam |  |  |  |  | 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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understanding, imagination, feeling, and a whole lot of patience and old books

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t12:o1:1
# text = understanding, imagination, feeling, and a whole lot of patience and old books
1	understanding	understanding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	imagination	imagination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
talent, practice, and good luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t12:o2:1
# text = talent, practice, and good luck
1	talent	talent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
understanding, imagination, and feeling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t12:o3:1
# text = understanding, imagination, and feeling
1	understanding	understanding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	imagination	imagination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wit, bravery, and a sharp mind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t12:o4:1
# text = wit, bravery, and a sharp mind
1	wit	wit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bravery	bravery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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