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title: No cap, what was the big stick with the dingle-dangles called? — Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the… · tree and pragmatics
description: No cap, what was the big stick with the dingle-dangles called? Test 3 · ★ 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 p
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Storm Shakes the Shield, part 1: gra…

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No cap, what was the big stick with the dingle-dangles called?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cap · **What happens:** be, call · **To what, where:** big stick, dingle dangles · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t3:1
# text = No cap, what was the big stick with the dingle-dangles called?
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	dingle	dingle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	dangles	dangle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
14	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | no cap | the big stick |  |  |  | with the dingle dangles | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | the dingle dangles *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t3:o1:1
# text = the bird
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the crescent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t3:o2:1
# text = the crescent
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crescent	crescent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the big stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t3:o3:1
# text = the big stick
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the bat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:994-pg27200-part205:t3:o4:1
# text = the bat
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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