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title: ngl, what did the giants do when the fox danced with them? — Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun,… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, what did the giants do when the fox danced with them? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1237 «Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy steals a golden hen, but keeps going back into the palace, and the fox rescues the princess from the giants» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Test 5 · ★ · Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy st…

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ngl, what did the giants do when the fox danced with them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl, giants, fox · **What happens:** do, dance

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1237 «Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy steals a golden hen, but keeps going back into the palace, and the fox rescues the princess from the giants» 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/1237-pg3282-part38/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1237-pg3282-part38:t5:1
# text = ngl, what did the giants do when the fox danced with them?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	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	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | ngl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the giants |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **dance** | past | the fox |  |  |  |  | with giants *= giant* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: 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 {#o1}

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they lost track of the princess while they were dancing and tripping over the table and each other in the hall

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1237-pg3282-part38:t5:o1:1
# text = they lost track of the princess while they were dancing and tripping over the table and each other in the hall
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	tripping	trip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	2	obl	_	_
18	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	fixed	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | they | track of the princess |  | the hall |  | each *obl* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Eventuality |
| 2 | **dance** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **trip** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  | the table |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over table=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they fell asleep and forgot to lock the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1237-pg3282-part38:t5:o2:1
# text = they fell asleep and forgot to lock the door
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	lock	lock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | they |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **forget** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **lock** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the door |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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they tried to dance too but the fox tricked them into tying their own shoelaces together and falling down

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1237-pg3282-part38:t5:o3:1
# text = they tried to dance too but the fox tricked them into tying their own shoelaces together and falling down
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	tying	tie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	shoelaces	shoelace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
16	together	together	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
19	down	down	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **dance** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **trick** | past | the fox | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 4 | **tie** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | their own shoelaces |  |  |  | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoelace=Patient |
| 5 | **fall down** | gerund | the fox *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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they let him take the princess, cause they were distracted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1237-pg3282-part38:t5:o4:1
# text = they let him take the princess, cause they were distracted
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	distracted	distract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | they | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  | the princess |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument princess=Destination |
| 3 | **distract** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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