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title: Oi, what stopped the door from shutting that night? — Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pink… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, what stopped the door from shutting that night? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 11 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'…

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Oi, what stopped the door from shutting that night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** stop, shut · **To what, where:** door

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» 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/1161-pg3027-part27/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t11:1
# text = Oi, what stopped the door from shutting that night?
1	Oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	shutting	shut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past |  | the door |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality door=Eventuality |
| 2 | **shut** | gerund |  |  |  |  | night |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A bit of wood Pinkel had wedged under it with his bare hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t11:o1:1
# text = A bit of wood Pinkel had wedged under it with his bare hands
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	Pinkel	Pinkel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	wedged	wedge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wedge** | past · perfect | Pinkel | a bit of wood |  | wood |  | with Pinkel's bare hands | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent under it=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A bit of wood Pinkel had wedged under it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t11:o2:1
# text = A bit of wood Pinkel had wedged under it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	Pinkel	Pinkel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	wedged	wedge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wedge** | past · perfect · passive |  | a bit of wood |  | wood |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme under it=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The witch's broom, shoved under the frame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t11:o3:1
# text = The witch's broom, shoved under the frame
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	broom	broom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	shoved	shove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shove** | participle |  | the witch's broom *not said here* |  | the frame |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent under frame=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A broken oar from the boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t11:o4:1
# text = A broken oar from the boat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	oar	oar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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