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title: Wait, how did the queen track the soldier, innit? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, how did the queen track the soldier, innit? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1003 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flour trail, the three dogs and the soldier's escape» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flour trail, t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, how did the queen track the soldier, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, queen · **What happens:** wait, track, innit · **To what, where:** soldier

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1003 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flour trail, the three dogs and the soldier's escape» 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/1003-pg27200-part214/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t2:1
# text = Wait, how did the queen track the soldier, innit?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	track	track	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 | **track** | past · do-support | the queen | the soldier |  |  |  |  | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme |
| 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 {#o1}

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She stuffed a cloth sack with rye and cut a small slit in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t2:o1:1
# text = She stuffed a cloth sack with rye and cut a small slit in it
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stuffed	stuff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rye	rye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	slit	slit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stuff** | past | She | a cloth sack |  |  |  | with rye | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent sack=Destination with rye=Theme |
| 2 | **cut** | past | She *not said here* | a small slit |  | slit |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset slit=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She used flour and a bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t2:o2:1
# text = She used flour and a bag
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | She | flour and a bag |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flour=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She filled a silk bag with flour and nicked a hole in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t2:o3:1
# text = She filled a silk bag with flour and nicked a hole in it
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past | She | a silk bag |  |  |  | with flour | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bag=Patient with flour=Instrument |
| 2 | **nick** | past | She *not said here* | a hole |  | hole |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She sent her dogs out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1003-pg27200-part214:t2:o4:1
# text = She sent her dogs out
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send out** | past | She | her dogs |  |  |  | out *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme |

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