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title: how'd he get grub, was it sus? — Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lillip… · tree and pragmatics
description: how'd he get grub, was it sus? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1486 «Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 73: wrecked on a rock, tied down, fed by tiny people» 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 r
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# Test 7 · ★ · Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 73: wrecked…

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how'd he get grub, was it sus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he, grub · **What happens:** get, be · **To what, where:** grub

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1486 «Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 73: wrecked on a rock, tied down, fed by tiny people» 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/1486-pg503-part73/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:t7:1
# text = how'd he get grub, was it sus?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
5	grub	grub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | he | grub |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grub=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | grub |  |  |  |  | suspect *property* | tree rules |

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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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baskets carried up ladders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:t7:o1:1
# text = baskets carried up ladders
1	baskets	basket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	ladders	ladder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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bowls raised on poles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:t7:o2:1
# text = bowls raised on poles
1	bowls	bowl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | participle |  | bowls *not said here* |  | poles |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on pole=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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on carts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:t7:o3:1
# text = on carts
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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sacks lowered by rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:t7:o4:1
# text = sacks lowered by rope
1	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	lowered	lower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lower** | participle |  | sacks *not said here* |  |  |  | by rope | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by rope=Destination |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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