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title: ngl, why did manstin's rope just vanish on him? — Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven,… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, why did manstin's rope just vanish on him? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1275 «Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin finds his eyes again, then seven friends set out to make war and the first warriors drop away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin fin…

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ngl, why did manstin's rope just vanish on him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** do, vanish · **To what, where:** rope

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1275 «Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin finds his eyes again, then seven friends set out to make war and the first warriors drop away» 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/1275-pg338-part12/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:t1:1
# text = ngl, why did manstin's rope just vanish on him?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	manstin	manstin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	vanish	vanish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | ngl | manstin's rope |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Eventuality |
| 2 | **vanish** | present | ngl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on ngl | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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he dropped the end by accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:t1:o1:1
# text = he dropped the end by accident
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | he | the end |  |  |  | by accident | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent end=Theme by accident=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a bear grabbed the rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:t1:o2:1
# text = a bear grabbed the rope
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | a bear | the rope |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the rope slipped off when he tied the knot too tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:t1:o3:1
# text = the rope slipped off when he tied the knot too tight
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip off** | past | the rope |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **tie** | past | rope | the knot |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he let go of the end without noticing it at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1275-pg338-part12:t1:o4:1
# text = he let go of the end without noticing it at all
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	noticing	notice	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  | of the end |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of end=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **notice** | gerund | he *not said here* | end |  | all |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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