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title: Dude, did Ball-Carrier really get boiled alive in that kettle? — Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ba… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, did Ball-Carrier really get boiled alive in that kettle? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1211 «Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished His Task, part 12: Lung-Woman is scalded and the Bad One drowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 1 · ★ · Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dude, did Ball-Carrier really get boiled alive in that kettle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** boil · **To what, where:** Dude

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1211 «Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished His Task, part 12: Lung-Woman is scalded and the Bad One drowns» 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/1211-pg3282-part12/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t1:1
# text = Dude, did Ball-Carrier really get boiled alive in that kettle?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
4	Ball	Ball	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Carrier	Carrier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	boiled	boil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | past · passive · do-support |  | Dude |  |  |  | in that kettle; alive *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in kettle=Instrument |

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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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Nah, the servant was scared and he ran away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, the servant was scared and he ran away
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the servant |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run away** | past | he |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he tricked the servant and flipped the pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t1:o2:1
# text = Nah, he tricked the servant and flipped the pot
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	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	flipped	flip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | he | the servant |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient |
| 2 | **flip** | past | he *not said here* | the pot |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, he tricked her and the servant boiled instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t1:o3:1
# text = Nope, he tricked her and the servant boiled instead
1	Nope	nope	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	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	boiled	boil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | he | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **boil** | participle |  | the servant *not said here* |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Totally, he sat in the kettle until the water boiled off completely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t1:o4:1
# text = Totally, he sat in the kettle until the water boiled off completely
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	until	until	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	boiled	boil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | he |  |  | the kettle | until the water | totally *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in kettle=Location |
| 2 | **boil off** | participle |  | the water *not said here* |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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