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title: Yo, the boys was always chucking stuff at the twins, innit? So what… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, the boys was always chucking stuff at the twins, innit? So what did the twins do to escape the bullying? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1188 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins run off, reach a shut hut, and overhear swallows talking about a queen and a crystal cradle» of the books c
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# Test 1 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins r…

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Yo, the boys was always chucking stuff at the twins, innit? So what did the twins do to escape the bullying?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boys, twins · **What happens:** chuck, innit, do, escape · **To what, where:** stuff, twins, bullying

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1188 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins run off, reach a shut hut, and overhear swallows talking about a queen and 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/1188-pg3027-part54/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Yo, the boys was always chucking stuff at the twins, innit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1188-pg3027-part54:t1:1
# text = Yo, the boys was always chucking stuff at the twins, innit?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	chucking	chuck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** | past · progressive | the boys | stuff |  | the twins |  | always *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme at twin=Destination |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the boys *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* So what did the twins do to escape the bullying?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1188-pg3027-part54:t1:2
# text = So what did the twins do to escape the bullying?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	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	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bullying	bullying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the twins |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **escape** | to-infinitive | the twins *not said here* | the bullying |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bullying=Initial\_Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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climbed up the wall and escaped over the high roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1188-pg3027-part54:t1:o1:1
# text = climbed up the wall and escaped over the high roof
1	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | past |  | the wall |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location wall=Theme |
| 2 | **escape** | past |  |  |  | the high roof |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over roof=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ran away from the orphanage to the far fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1188-pg3027-part54:t1:o2:1
# text = ran away from the orphanage to the far fields
1	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	orphanage	orphanage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | past |  |  |  | the orphanage |  | to the far fields *result*; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to field=Result |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bailed to the river bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1188-pg3027-part54:t1:o3:1
# text = bailed to the river bank
1	bailed	bail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bail** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to the river bank | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
hid in the hut nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1188-pg3027-part54:t1:o4:1
# text = hid in the hut nearby
1	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past |  |  |  | the hut |  | nearby *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hut=Location |

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