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title: so wait why did she just keep going up and up though — Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad cli… · tree and pragmatics
description: so wait why did she just keep going up and up though Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1004 «Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad climbs out of a well and goes hunting for a better world» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad climbs out of a well an…

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so wait why did she just keep going up and up though

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, she · **What happens:** wait, keep, go up

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1004 «Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad climbs out of a well and goes hunting for a better world» 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/1004-pg27200-part215/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1004-pg27200-part215:t2:1
# text = so wait why did she just keep going up and up though
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	up	up	ADV	RB	_	9	conj	_	_
12	though	though	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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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 | **keep** | past · do-support | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go up** | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | though *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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 {#o1}

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She just had a massive longing for something better and kept climbing till she reached the roof

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1004-pg27200-part215:t2:o1:1
# text = She just had a massive longing for something better and kept climbing till she reached the roof
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	longing	longing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nmod	_	_
9	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
13	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | a massive longing |  |  |  | for something | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent longing=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **climb** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **reach** | past | she | the roof |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent roof=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She had a massive longing for something better up above her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1004-pg27200-part215:t2:o2:1
# text = She had a massive longing for something better up above her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	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	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	longing	longing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nmod	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	above	above	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | a massive longing |  |  |  | for something | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent longing=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had a massive longing for something better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1004-pg27200-part215:t2:o3:1
# text = She had a massive longing for something better
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	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	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	longing	longing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nmod	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | a massive longing |  |  |  | for something | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent longing=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had a strong wish for more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1004-pg27200-part215:t2:o4:1
# text = She had a strong wish for more
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	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	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | a strong wish |  |  |  | for more | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Patient |

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