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title: «Headless horseman's real, he lives up the ginnel,» says a boy in Le… — Souls, ghosts and stories · tree and pragmatics
description: «Headless horseman's real, he lives up the ginnel,» says a boy in Leeds (ginnel = alleyway). What's true? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Souls, ghosts and stories» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Souls, ghosts and stories

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«Headless horseman's real, he lives up the ginnel,» says a boy in Leeds (ginnel = alleyway). What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** horseman, boy · **What happens:** live up, say, be · **To what, where:** ginnel, real · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Souls, ghosts and stories» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Headless horseman's real, he lives up the ginnel,» says a boy in Leeds (ginnel = alleyway).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t3:1
# text = «Headless horseman's real, he lives up the ginnel,» says a boy in Leeds (ginnel = alleyway).
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Headless	headless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horseman	horseman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ginnel	ginnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	ginnel	ginnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
21	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	22	punct	_	_
22	alleyway	alleyway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live up** *in a quote* | present | horseman | the ginnel |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme ginnel=Location |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boy | real |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t3:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He's real but only appears at Halloween

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t3:o1:1
# text = He's real but only appears at Halloween
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Halloween	Halloween	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **appear** | present | He *not said here* |  |  | Halloween |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at halloween=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He's a saint from the Bible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t3:o2:1
# text = He's a saint from the Bible
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a saint |  | the Bible |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It's an old legend, not a real person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t3:o3:1
# text = It's an old legend, not a real person
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a old legend and a real person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He's real and lives in Yorkshire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t3:o4:1
# text = He's real and lives in Yorkshire
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | He *not said here* |  |  | Yorkshire |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in yorkshire=Location |

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