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title: Ngl, what was the Bad One's servant doing when the kid got picked? — Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what was the Bad One's servant doing when the kid got picked? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1210 «Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fattened up for a feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 11 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fatt…

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Ngl, what was the Bad One's servant doing when the kid got picked?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl, servant · **What happens:** be, do, pick · **To what, where:** servant, kid

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1210 «Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fattened up for a feast» 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/1210-pg3282-part11/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:t11:1
# text = Ngl, what was the Bad One's servant doing when the kid got picked?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	One	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
10	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ngl | the Bad One's servant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the Bad One's servant *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pick** | past · passive |  | the kid |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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Sweeping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:t11:o1:1
# text = Sweeping
1	Sweeping	sweeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Filling the bucket with water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:t11:o2:1
# text = Filling the bucket with water
1	Filling	fill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | gerund |  | the bucket |  |  |  | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bucket=Patient with water=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Stirring the pot with a spoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:t11:o3:1
# text = Stirring the pot with a spoon
1	Stirring	stir	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stir** | gerund |  | the pot |  |  |  | with a spoon | vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent pot=Patient with spoon=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Hanging the kettle over the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:t11:o4:1
# text = Hanging the kettle over the fire
1	Hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund |  | the kettle |  | the fire |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kettle=Theme over fire=Destination |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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