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title: Did the careless soldier fancy going down the hole, or nah? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the careless soldier fancy going down the hole, or nah? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1199 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a ring, the princess is walled up, and the hill-man dies under a stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 7 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a…

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Did the careless soldier fancy going down the hole, or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** careless soldier fancy · **What happens:** do, go down · **To what, where:** careless soldier fancy, hole

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1199 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a ring, the princess is walled up, and the hill-man dies under a stone» 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/1199-pg3027-part65/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t7:1
# text = Did the careless soldier fancy going down the hole, or nah?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the careless soldier fancy |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fancy=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go down** | gerund | the careless soldier fancy *not said here* | the hole |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient hole=Extent |

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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 went down, but he was really scared about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t7:o1:1
# text = He went down, but he was really scared about it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go down** | past | He |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | about it; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, he refused and ran off to the tavern instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t7:o2:1
# text = Nah, he refused and ran off to the tavern instead
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | he |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run off** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the tavern *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to tavern=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He went, no choice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t7:o3:1
# text = He went, no choice
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | He | no choice |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He refused, said no

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1199-pg3027-part65:t7:o4:1
# text = He refused, said no
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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