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title: lowkey that boy got stung cos he touched the nettle soft, what did h… — Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey that boy got stung cos he touched the nettle soft, what did his mum say Test 4 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9: a run of short ani…

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lowkey that boy got stung cos he touched the nettle soft, what did his mum say

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, lowkey · **What happens:** sting, touch, do, say · **To what, where:** lowkey, nettle, mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t4:1
# text = lowkey that boy got stung cos he touched the nettle soft, what did his mum say
1	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	stung	sting	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	nettle	nettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
14	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | past · passive |  | lowkey |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **touch** | past | boy | the nettle |  |  |  | soft *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nettle=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **do** | past | lowkey | boy's mum |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Eventuality |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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grab it firm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t4:o1:1
# text = grab it firm
1	grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | firm *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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grab it firm with his whole hand, not soft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t4:o2:1
# text = grab it firm with his whole hand, not soft
1	grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with his whole hand; firm *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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pinch it soft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t4:o3:1
# text = pinch it soft
1	pinch	pinch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pinch** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | soft *property* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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hold it light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:139-pg11339-part9:t4:o4:1
# text = hold it light
1	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme light=Eventuality |

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