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title: wait the boy grabbed too many filberts and got his hand stuck, what… — Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9: a run of short ani…

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wait the boy grabbed too many filberts and got his hand stuck, what did the bystander say

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, boy, bystander · **What happens:** wait, grab, get, say · **To what, where:** many filberts, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 139 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9: a run of short animal tales, each ending with a lesson» 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/139-pg11339-part9/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t12:1
# text = wait the boy grabbed too many filberts and got his hand stuck, what did the bystander say
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	filberts	filbert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	obj	_	_
15	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bystander	bystander	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **grab** | past | the boy | many filberts |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent filbert=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | past | the boy *not said here* | boy's hand |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hand=Stimulus |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the bystander |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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take half and then ask his mother for more nuts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t12:o1:1
# text = take half and then ask his mother for more nuts
1	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | half |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | his mother |  | then | for more nuts | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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count them again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t12:o2:1
# text = count them again
1	count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  | again |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
take half and then ask the bystander for more nuts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t12:o3:1
# text = take half and then ask the bystander for more nuts
1	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bystander	bystander	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | half |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the bystander |  |  | then | for more nuts | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bystander=Recipient |

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

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take half the amount

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t12:o4:1
# text = take half the amount
1	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | half amount |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Theme |

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