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title: Wait, what's a midden, fam? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the co… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what's a midden, fam? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 119 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the cow swallows him, and a wolf is cut open» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the co…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, what's a midden, fam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** midden

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 119 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Thumbling: the cook overhears, the cow swallows him, and a wolf is cut open» 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/119-pg11027-part22/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:t7:1
# text = Wait, what's a midden, fam?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	midden	midden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a midden and fam |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A pile where they throw the dung

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:t7:o1:1
# text = A pile where they throw the dung
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	throw	throw	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dung	dung	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | present | they | the dung |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dung=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A big dung heap out back where the cow's stomach and other rubbish get chucked

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:t7:o2:1
# text = A big dung heap out back where the cow's stomach and other rubbish get chucked
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	dung	dung	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** | present · passive |  | the cow's stomach and other rubbish |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A dung heap where the stomach got chucked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:t7:o3:1
# text = A dung heap where the stomach got chucked
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dung	dung	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** | past · passive |  | the stomach |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A deep stone pit beside the mill where all the wolf's leftovers get dumped every week

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:119-pg11027-part22:t7:o4:1
# text = A deep stone pit beside the mill where all the wolf's leftovers get dumped every week
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	leftovers	leftover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	dumped	dump	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dump** | present · passive |  | the wolf's leftovers |  |  | week |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme |

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