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title: Wait, why did Mercury go into that studio? — Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why did Mercury go into that studio? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 140 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, part 10: animals and a Man quarrel, learn small lessons and get their comeuppance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, pa…

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Wait, why did Mercury go into that studio?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Mercury · **What happens:** wait, go · **To what, where:** studio

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 140 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, part 10: animals and a Man quarrel, learn small lessons and get their comeuppance» 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/140-pg11339-part10/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t11:1
# text = Wait, why did Mercury go into that studio?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Mercury	Mercury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	studio	studio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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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 | **go** | past · do-support | Mercury |  |  | that studio |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into studio=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To find out what the people of the town truly thought of him, and whether they would buy his statue

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t11:o1:1
# text = To find out what the people of the town truly thought of him, and whether they would buy his statue
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the people of the town |  |  |  |  | of him *= he*; truly *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **buy** | would | people | his statue |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To ask the sculptor to make a new statue of him for the temple in the market square

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t11:o2:1
# text = To ask the sculptor to make a new statue of him for the temple in the market square
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sculptor	sculptor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  | the sculptor |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent sculptor=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the sculptor *not said here* | a new statue of him |  |  |  | for the temple in the market square | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent statue=Product for temple=Asset |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To find out what folk thought of him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t11:o3:1
# text = To find out what folk thought of him
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
5	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | folk |  |  |  |  | of him *= he* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To find out what folk paid for statues

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:140-pg11339-part10:t11:o4:1
# text = To find out what folk paid for statues
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
5	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | past | folk |  |  |  |  | for statues | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Asset for statue=Theme |

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