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title: wait so what did the branch do? — pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait so what did the branch do? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1246 «pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steals the golden ball, and the old cat sees a copy of it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 13 · ★ · pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steal…

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wait so what did the branch do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, branch · **What happens:** wait, do

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1246 «pg3282, The Lion and the Wild Cat, part 47: the lion steals the golden ball, and the old cat sees a copy of it» 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/1246-pg3282-part47/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:t13:1
# text = wait so what did the branch do?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	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* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past · do-support | the branch |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Swayed in the wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:t13:o1:1
# text = Swayed in the wind
1	Swayed	sway	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sway** | participle |  |  |  | the wind |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wind=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gave a sudden, very loud crack that frightened every bird nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:t13:o2:1
# text = Gave a sudden, very loud crack that frightened every bird nearby
1	Gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
3	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past |  | a sudden loud crack |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crack=Theme |
| 2 | **frighten** | past | a sudden loud crack | every bird |  |  |  | nearby *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bird=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Gave a loud crack and nearly threw the cat into the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:t13:o3:1
# text = Gave a loud crack and nearly threw the cat into the water
1	Gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past |  | a loud crack |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crack=Theme |
| 2 | **throw** | past |  | the cat |  |  |  | into the water *result*; nearly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer cat=Theme into water=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Gave a loud crack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1246-pg3282-part47:t13:o4:1
# text = Gave a loud crack
1	Gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past |  | a loud crack |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crack=Theme |

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