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title: wait so what's the tinderbox even for, innit? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait so what's the tinderbox even for, innit? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1002 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 2: the soldier takes gold from the dogs' chests, spends it, and calls the princess up with the tinder-box» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 2: the soldie…

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wait so what's the tinderbox even for, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be, innit · **To what, where:** tinderbox

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1002 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 2: the soldier takes gold from the dogs' chests, spends it, and calls the princess up with the tinder-box» 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/1002-pg27200-part213/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:t2:1
# text = wait so what's the tinderbox even for, innit?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tinderbox	tinderbox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the tinderbox |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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it makes sparks to start fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:t2:o1:1
# text = it makes sparks to start fire
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sparks	spark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | it | sparks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **start** | to-infinitive | sparks *not said here* | fire |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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it makes a spark to light a fire for money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:t2:o2:1
# text = it makes a spark to light a fire for money
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spark	spark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	light	light	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | it | a spark |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **light** | to-infinitive | a spark *not said here* | a fire |  |  |  | for money | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fire=Product for money=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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it starts the king's fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:t2:o3:1
# text = it starts the king's fire
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | it | the king's fire |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fire** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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it lights the candles up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1002-pg27200-part213:t2:o4:1
# text = it lights the candles up
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lights	light	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light up** | present | it | the candles |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product |

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