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# Test 1 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo so why couldn't little thumb grab his pebbles this time, was the door locked or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little thumb · **What happens:** not grab, be, lock · **To what, where:** pebbles, yo door

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1088 «Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds eat the bread, a storm in the night» 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/1088-pg29021-part13/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t1:1
# text = yo so why couldn't little thumb grab his pebbles this time, was the door locked or nah?
1	yo	yo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thumb	thumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	17	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **grab** | could | little thumb | thumb's pebbles |  |  | time |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the yo door |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lock** | participle · passive |  | the yo door |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah the door was locked from inside by dad, twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah the door was locked from inside by dad, twice
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past · passive | dad | the door |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the door was double-locked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t1:o2:1
# text = the door was double-locked
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past · passive |  | the door |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the gate was chained tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t1:o3:1
# text = the gate was chained tight
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	chained	chain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chain** | past · passive |  | the gate |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah the door was double-locked and the key was hidden under the mat by mom

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t1:o4:1
# text = nah the door was double-locked and the key was hidden under the mat by mom
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
5	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
13	under	under	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mat	mat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past · passive |  | the door |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **hide** | past · passive | mom | the key |  | the mat |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Patient under mat=Location |

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