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title: Yo, how'd Pinkel keep the goat's bells from going off? — Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pink… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, how'd Pinkel keep the goat's bells from going off? Test 6 · ★ 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 prag
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# Test 6 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'…

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Yo, how'd Pinkel keep the goat's bells from going off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Pinkel · **What happens:** keep, go off · **To what, where:** bells

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t6:1
# text = Yo, how'd Pinkel keep the goat's bells from going off?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Pinkel	Pinkel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
11	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | infinitive | Pinkel | the goat's bells |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Theme |
| 2 | **go off** | gerund | Pinkel *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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He wrapped them in a cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t6:o1:1
# text = He wrapped them in a cloth
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | past | He | them *= they* |  | a cloth |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in cloth=Destination |

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

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He stuffed them full of wool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t6:o2:1
# text = He stuffed them full of wool
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stuffed	stuff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stuff** | past | He | them *= they* |  |  |  | full *property* | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He tied them with string

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t6:o3:1
# text = He tied them with string
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past | He | them *= they* |  |  |  | with string | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient with string=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He pulled the bells off and stuffed them into his sack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t6:o4:1
# text = He pulled the bells off and stuffed them into his sack
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulled	pull	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	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stuffed	stuff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull off** | past | He | the bells |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Eventuality |
| 2 | **stuff** | past | He *not said here* | bells *= bell* |  | his sack |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into sack=Destination |

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