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title: Was the thistle's flower fit or munted by the end? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the thistle's flower fit or munted by the end? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 20…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was the thistle's flower fit or munted by the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** end · **What happens:** be, munt · **To what, where:** flower fit

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» 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/998-pg27200-part209/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t7:1
# text = Was the thistle's flower fit or munted by the end?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	thistle	thistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	fit	fit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	munted	munt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the thistle's flower fit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **munt** | participle · passive | the end | the thistle's flower fit |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Munted, bro, all dry and brown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t7:o1:1
# text = Munted, bro, all dry and brown
1	Munted	Munted	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Munted, mate, all silvery and ghosty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t7:o2:1
# text = Munted, mate, all silvery and ghosty
1	Munted	Munted	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	silvery	silvery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	ghosty	ghosty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fit as, mate, all green and bright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t7:o3:1
# text = Fit as, mate, all green and bright
1	Fit	fit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Munted, mate, all shrivelled up and gone brown and dead, like the poor old bee

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:t7:o4:1
# text = Munted, mate, all shrivelled up and gone brown and dead, like the poor old bee
1	Munted	Munted	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	shrivelled	shrivell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
10	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrivell up** | participle · passive |  | all |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | like the poor old bee; brown *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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