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title: lowkey lit, what were the mice munching on? — Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey lit, what were the mice munching on? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1272 «Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast until fiery eyes creep into their skull» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 9 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast u…

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lowkey lit, what were the mice munching on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mice · **What happens:** lit, be, munch on · **To what, where:** mice

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1272 «Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast until fiery eyes creep into their skull» 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/1272-pg338-part9/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:t9:1
# text = lowkey lit, what were the mice munching on?
1	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	munching	munch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | lowkey *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the mice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **munch on** | gerund | the mice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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dried roots and venison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:t9:o1:1
# text = dried roots and venison
1	dried	dried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	venison	venison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fresh corn and squash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:t9:o2:1
# text = fresh corn and squash
1	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	squash	squash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
whatever scraps the wolves had left behind after their long hunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:t9:o3:1
# text = whatever scraps the wolves had left behind after their long hunt
1	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scraps	scrap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scrap** | present | whatever |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave behind** | past · perfect · passive |  | the wolves |  |  | after wolves's long hunt | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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wild plums and berries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:t9:o4:1
# text = wild plums and berries
1	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	plums	plum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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