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title: Dad, digging by the shed: "dig it deep enough or the fox'll have him… — What people leave behind · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad, digging by the shed: "dig it deep enough or the fox'll have him." What is Dad doing? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 26 «What people leave behind» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★ · What people leave behind

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Dad, digging by the shed: "dig it deep enough or the fox'll have him." What is Dad doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, fox · **What happens:** dig, have, do · **To what, where:** shed, Dad · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 26 «What people leave behind» of the adult life 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/adult-life/26-what-people-leave-behind/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, digging by the shed: "dig it deep enough or the fox'll have him."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:t7:1
# text = Dad, digging by the shed: "dig it deep enough or the fox'll have him."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	dig	dig	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | gerund | Dad |  |  |  |  | by the shed | tree rules |
| 2 | **dig** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | shed |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | future | the fox | Dad |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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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 is Dad doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:t7:2
# text = What is Dad doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · progressive | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Planting potatoes for the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:t7:o1:1
# text = Planting potatoes for the winter
1	Planting	plant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | gerund |  | potatoes |  |  | winter |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potato=Patient |

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

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Burying the family's dead pet in the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:t7:o2:1
# text = Burying the family's dead pet in the garden
1	Burying	bury	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | gerund |  | the family's dead pet |  | the garden |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pet=Theme in garden=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Digging a pond for frogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:t7:o3:1
# text = Digging a pond for frogs
1	Digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | gerund |  | a pond |  |  |  | for frogs | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent pond=Result for frog=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hiding the family's money where burglars cannot find it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:t7:o4:1
# text = Hiding the family's money where burglars cannot find it
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
7	burglars	burglar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **find** | can | burglars | money |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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