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title: Was Grumbler gutted when the cock was a dud? — pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Grumbler gutted when the cock was a dud? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1215 «pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake cock, a magic switch, and a new tale begins» 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 3 · ★ · pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake cock, a magic switch…

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Was Grumbler gutted when the cock was a dud?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cock · **What happens:** gut, be · **To what, where:** Grumbler, dud

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1215 «pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake cock, a magic switch, and a new tale begins» 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/1215-pg3282-part16/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1215-pg3282-part16:t3:1
# text = Was Grumbler gutted when the cock was a dud?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
2	Grumbler	Grumbler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dud	dud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | past · passive |  | Grumbler |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the cock | a dud |  |  |  |  | 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}

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Yeah, he went mental and threw the basket at the wife and kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1215-pg3282-part16:t3:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he went mental and threw the basket at the wife and kids
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  | mental *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **throw** | past | he *not said here* | the basket |  |  |  | at the wife and kids | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent basket=Theme at wife=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, he went proper mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1215-pg3282-part16:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he went proper mad
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Yeah, he swore like mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1215-pg3282-part16:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he swore like mad
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past | he |  |  |  |  | like mad | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he just laughed it off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1215-pg3282-part16:t3:o4:1
# text = Nah, he just laughed it off
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh off** | past | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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