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title: Mate, did you read the tin soldier one? — Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Sold… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, did you read the tin soldier one? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1000 «Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin soldiers meet a paper dancer, and one falls from the window» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin sol…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mate, did you read the tin soldier one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** read, soldier · **To what, where:** tin, one

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1000 «Andersen's Stories, The Brave Tin Soldier, part 1: tin soldiers meet a paper dancer, and one falls from the window» 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/1000-pg27200-part211/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t1:1
# text = Mate, did you read the tin soldier one?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	soldier	soldier	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past · do-support | you | the tin |  |  |  | Mate *vocative* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tin=Topic |
| 2 | **soldier** | infinitive | you *not said here* | one |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the one-legged bloke fell out the window, proper gutted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, the one-legged bloke fell out the window, proper gutted
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	legged	legged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall out** | past | the legged bloke | the window |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **gut** | participle | the legged bloke *not said here* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the one-legged bloke fell out the window ages ago, then the goblin nicked the snuff box and everyone was proper gutted

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the one-legged bloke fell out the window ages ago, then the goblin nicked the snuff box and everyone was proper gutted
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	legged	legged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	snuff	snuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
23	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	26	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
25	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall out** | past | the legged bloke | the window ages |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **nick** | past | the goblin | the snuff box |  |  | then |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient |
| 3 | **gut** | past · passive |  | everyone |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the one with one leg got picked up, pretty happy, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, the one with one leg got picked up, pretty happy, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | past · passive |  | the one with one leg |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the one-legged bloke fell out the window, proper gutted, mate, and the dancer never even noticed him go, bruv

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1000-pg27200-part211:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the one-legged bloke fell out the window, proper gutted, mate, and the dancer never even noticed him go, bruv
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	legged	legged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	dancer	dancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
21	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
22	even	even	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall out** | past | the legged bloke | the window |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **notice** | past | the dancer | bloke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | infinitive | bloke *not said here* | bruv |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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