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title: deadass, how did Little Thumb not get lost in the forest? — Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: deadass, how did Little Thumb not get lost in the forest? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los…

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deadass, how did Little Thumb not get lost in the forest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** not lose · **To what, where:** deadass, forest

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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/1467-pg503-part54/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t5:1
# text = deadass, how did Little Thumb not get lost in the forest?
1	deadass	deadass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Thumb	Thumb	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lose** | past · passive · do-support |  | deadass |  | the forest |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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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}

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He just got lucky and ran into a farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t5:o1:1
# text = He just got lucky and ran into a farm
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | He | lucky |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lucky=Stimulus |
| 2 | **run** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into a farm *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into farm=Result |

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

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He dropped white pebbles all along the path

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t5:o2:1
# text = He dropped white pebbles all along the path
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	along	along	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | He | white pebbles |  | the path |  | all *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme along path=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He had a map his dad drew for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t5:o3:1
# text = He had a map his dad drew for him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He | a map |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Patient |
| 2 | **draw** | past | his dad | a map *not said here* |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent map=Result for he=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He followed a bird that knew the way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t5:o4:1
# text = He followed a bird that knew the way
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | past | He | a bird |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | past | a bird | the way |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus |

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