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title: Bruh, who was the Harlequin supposed to be? — Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, who was the Harlequin supposed to be? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 994 «Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the Shield, part 1: grandpa recalls the shield parade, then the gale tears signs from their places» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the Shield, part 1: gra…

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Bruh, who was the Harlequin supposed to be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 994 «Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the Shield, part 1: grandpa recalls the shield parade, then the gale tears signs from their places» 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/994-pg27200-part205/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t2:1
# text = Bruh, who was the Harlequin supposed to be?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Harlequin	Harlequin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | suppose *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a clown in patchwork

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t2:o1:1
# text = a clown in patchwork
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clown	clown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	patchwork	patchwork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a knight in armour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t2:o2:1
# text = a knight in armour
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a clown in patchwork and a tall pointed cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t2:o3:1
# text = a clown in patchwork and a tall pointed cap
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clown	clown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	patchwork	patchwork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	pointed	pointed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a dancing clown in patchwork with bells on his shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t2:o4:1
# text = a dancing clown in patchwork with bells on his shoes
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	clown	clown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	patchwork	patchwork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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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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