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title: test: Bro, why did Bella-Flor keep dropping stuff like some sus litt… — Spanish Tales, Bella-Flor, the horse h… · tree and pragmatics
description: test: Bro, why did Bella-Flor keep dropping stuff like some sus little kid? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1187 «Spanish Tales, Bella-Flor, the horse helps Jose win back the three lost things and survive the oil, and a new tale begins with a crystal cradle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Test 1 · ★ · Spanish Tales, Bella-Flor, the horse helps Jose win back t…

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test: Bro, why did Bella-Flor keep dropping stuff like some sus little kid?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bella · **What happens:** keep, drop · **To what, where:** stuff

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1187 «Spanish Tales, Bella-Flor, the horse helps Jose win back the three lost things and survive the oil, and a new tale begins with a crystal cradle» 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/1187-pg3027-part53/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:t1:1
# text = test: Bro, why did Bella-Flor keep dropping stuff like some sus little kid?
1	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
7	Bella	Bella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Flor	Flor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	nsubj	_	_
15	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | Bella |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drop** | gerund | Bella *not said here* | stuff |  |  |  | like sus little kid | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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to make Jose go fetch it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:t1:o1:1
# text = to make Jose go fetch it
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Jose	Jose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	go	go	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | Jose |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fetch** | infinitive | Jose *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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because she wanted the horse to take her home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:t1:o2:1
# text = because she wanted the horse to take her home
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she | the horse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the horse *not said here* | horse's home |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to show the king how clumsy her servant Jose really was

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:t1:o3:1
# text = to show the king how clumsy her servant Jose really was
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	Jose	Jose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
10	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive |  |  | the king |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | clumsy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to see if he would leave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:t1:o4:1
# text = to see if he would leave
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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