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title: lol who was chopping logs in the shed? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mill… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol who was chopping logs in the shed? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1446 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mill, part 33: a skipper buys the magic mill for salt» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right
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# Test 2 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mill, part 33: a skipper…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol who was chopping logs in the shed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** chop · **To what, where:** logs, shed

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1446 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mill, part 33: a skipper buys the magic mill for salt» 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/1446-pg503-part33/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t2:1
# text = lol who was chopping logs in the shed?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	chopping	chop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	logs	log	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | past · progressive |  | logs |  | the shed |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent log=Patient in shed=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A stranger who came in from the snow carrying a sack of grain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t2:o1:1
# text = A stranger who came in from the snow carrying a sack of grain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | past | a stranger |  |  | the snow |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from snow=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund | a stranger | a sack of grain |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An old dude with a white beard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t2:o2:1
# text = An old dude with a white beard
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An old lady with grey hair singing a song in the yard by the gate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t2:o3:1
# text = An old lady with grey hair singing a song in the yard by the gate
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | a old lady with grey hair *not said here* | a song |  |  |  | in the yard; by the gate | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tall man with a grey coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t2:o4:1
# text = A tall man with a grey coat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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