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title: Wait, so where did the Bad One go off to? — Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, so where did the Bad One go off to? Test 5 · ★ 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's choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fatt…

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Wait, so where did the Bad One go off to?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Bad One · **What happens:** wait, go off

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:t5:1
# text = Wait, so where did the Bad One go off to?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	One	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 | **go off** | past · do-support | the Bad One |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To invite the water-demons round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:t5:o1:1
# text = To invite the water-demons round
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	invite	invite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	demons	demon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	round	round	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | to-infinitive |  |  | the water demons |  |  | round *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demon=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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To the bridge to chat with the water-demons about the gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:t5:o2:1
# text = To the bridge to chat with the water-demons about the gold
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	chat	chat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	demons	demon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chat** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with the water demons about the gold | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with demon=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To go round and invite the water-demons over for the feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:t5:o3:1
# text = To go round and invite the water-demons over for the feast
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	round	round	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	invite	invite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	demons	demon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go round** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **invite** | infinitive |  |  | the water demons |  |  | for the feast; over *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demon=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To catch more boys outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:t5:o4:1
# text = To catch more boys outside
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	catch	catch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | to-infinitive |  | more boys |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |

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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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