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title: bro the trunks kept getting emptier right — Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the B… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro the trunks kept getting emptier right Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1439 «Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, part 26: the enchanted palace, the gifts and the Prince's portrait» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 2 · ★ · Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, part 26: the e…

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bro the trunks kept getting emptier right

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** keep, get

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1439 «Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, part 26: the enchanted palace, the gifts and the Prince's portrait» 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/1439-pg503-part26/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1439-pg503-part26:t2:1
# text = bro the trunks kept getting emptier right
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	trunks	trunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	emptier	empty	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | bro and the trunks |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | bro and the trunks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | empty, right *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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they kept getting emptier and emptier cause the beast took all the gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1439-pg503-part26:t2:o1:1
# text = they kept getting emptier and emptier cause the beast took all the gold
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	emptier	empty	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	emptier	empty	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
7	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **cause** | present | emptier |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **take** | past | the beast | all gold |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no they kept getting fuller innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1439-pg503-part26:t2:o2:1
# text = no they kept getting fuller innit
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	fuller	full	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | gerund | they *not said here* | fuller innit |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer innit=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah the trunks got heavier with gold every single time she checked them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1439-pg503-part26:t2:o3:1
# text = nah the trunks got heavier with gold every single time she checked them
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	trunks	trunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	checked	check	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the trunks |  |  |  | time | with gold; heavy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **check** | past | she | trunks *= trunk* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah they got emptier over time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1439-pg503-part26:t2:o4:1
# text = yeah they got emptier over time
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	emptier	empty	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | they |  |  |  | time | empty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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