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# Test 4 · ★ · Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy golds…

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did the goldsmith actually drown, or did he slide out lowkey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** goldsmith · **What happens:** drown, slide out · **To what, where:** lowkey

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1153 «Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy goldsmith is undone, and a kind stepdaughter is rewarded by doves» 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/1153-pg3027-part19/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t4:1
# text = did the goldsmith actually drown, or did he slide out lowkey?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	drown	drown	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	slide	slide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | past · do-support | the goldsmith |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **slide out** | past · do-support | goldsmith | lowkey |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lowkey=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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He got out by floating on a snag and then walked home slowly, no cap

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t4:o1:1
# text = He got out by floating on a snag and then walked home slowly, no cap
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	floating	float	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snag	snag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	home	home	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get out** | past | He | no cap |  |  |  | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **float** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | a snag |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on snag=Trajectory |
| 3 | **walk** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then | home, slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He floated out on a snag, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t4:o2:1
# text = He floated out on a snag, no cap
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	floated	float	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	snag	snag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float out** | past | He |  |  | a snag |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on snag=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he sneaked off to a farm far away and started a new life, bro lol

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t4:o3:1
# text = Nah, he sneaked off to a farm far away and started a new life, bro lol
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sneaked	sneak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak off** | past | he |  |  | a farm |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to farm=Destination |
| 2 | **start** | past | he *not said here* | a new life and bro |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He crawled out on the bank, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t4:o4:1
# text = He crawled out on the bank, lol
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crawled	crawl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl out** | past | He |  |  | the bank |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bank=Trajectory |

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