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title: Wait, how'd the angel's blood drop mess the ship up? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, how'd the angel's blood drop mess the ship up? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1020 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud prince is beaten by a gnat; a wicked queen plots against Eliza» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud…

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Wait, how'd the angel's blood drop mess the ship up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, mess up · **To what, where:** blood drop

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1020 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 231: a proud prince is beaten by a gnat; a wicked queen plots against Eliza» 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/1020-pg27200-part231/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:t3:1
# text = Wait, how'd the angel's blood drop mess the ship up?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	angel	angel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
10	mess	mess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 | **mess up** | present | you *not said here* | the angel's blood drop |  |  |  |  | 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 got stuck and weighed it down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:t3:o1:1
# text = It got stuck and weighed it down
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	weighed	weigh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | It |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **weigh down** | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme it=Value |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It broke it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:t3:o2:1
# text = It broke it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | It | it |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It cracked the mast in two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:t3:o3:1
# text = It cracked the mast in two
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mast	mast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | past | It | the mast |  | two |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mast=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It leaked through the hull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1020-pg27200-part231:t3:o4:1
# text = It leaked through the hull
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leaked	leak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hull	hull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leak** | past | It |  |  | the hull |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hull=Location |

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