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title: Mate, what made the badger's boat go all to bits? — Myths and Legends of China, The Shinan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what made the badger's boat go all to bits? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1349 «Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage, part 9: Kotei beats the fog and crosses the river in boats made after a spider's leaf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Test 3 · ★ · Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Po…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mate, what made the badger's boat go all to bits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** make, go · **To what, where:** boat, bits

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1349 «Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage, part 9: Kotei beats the fog and crosses the river in boats made after a spider's leaf» 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/1349-pg4018-part9/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t3:1
# text = Mate, what made the badger's boat go all to bits?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Mate | the badger's boat |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material boat=Product |
| 2 | **go** | present | Mate |  |  | bits |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bit=Initial\_Location |

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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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the sun dried it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t3:o1:1
# text = the sun dried it
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dried	dry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | past | the sun | it |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the water softened the clay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t3:o2:1
# text = the water softened the clay
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	softened	soften	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	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soften** | past | the water | the clay |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent clay=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a crack split the wooden hull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t3:o3:1
# text = a crack split the wooden hull
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hull	hull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past | a crack | the wooden hull |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hull=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
rough waves hit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t3:o4:1
# text = rough waves hit
1	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	hit	hit	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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