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title: Dead cool, why'd the python need saving? — Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dead cool, why'd the python need saving? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» 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 4 · ★ · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa…

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Dead cool, why'd the python need saving?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** python · **What happens:** need, save

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» 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/1137-pg3027-part3/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t4:1
# text = Dead cool, why'd the python need saving?
1	Dead	dead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	python	python	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	saving	save	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | the python |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **save** *not said to happen* | gerund | the python *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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cos it was trapped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t4:o1:1
# text = cos it was trapped
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **trap** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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cos a wicked hunter set a trap for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t4:o2:1
# text = cos a wicked hunter set a trap for it
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	compound	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **set** | past | a cos wicked hunter | a trap |  |  |  | for trap | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent trap=Patient for it=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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cos it was hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t4:o3:1
# text = cos it was hungry
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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cos the antelope got its horns stuck in the tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t4:o4:1
# text = cos the antelope got its horns stuck in the tree
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	antelope	antelope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | the antelope | antelope's horns |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horn=Stimulus |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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