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title: what happened to the snake nurse thing? — Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer · tree and pragmatics
description: what happened to the snake nurse thing? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer

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what happened to the snake nurse thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» 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/1506-pg540-part3/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t8:1
# text = what happened to the snake nurse thing?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the nurse thing | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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the snake bit the rosy nurse on the foot, mad, and the other nurses ran off screaming

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t8:o1:1
# text = the snake bit the rosy nurse on the foot, mad, and the other nurses ran off screaming
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rosy	rosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	nurses	nurse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
18	off	off	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | the snake | the rosy nurse |  | the foot |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nurse=Patient on foot=Location |
| 2 | **run off** | past | the other nurses |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | the other nurses *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the snake nipped the nurse on the hand, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t8:o2:1
# text = the snake nipped the nurse on the hand, mate
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nipped	nip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nip** | past | the snake | the nurse |  | the hand and mate |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the snake bit the rosy nurse on the foot, mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t8:o3:1
# text = the snake bit the rosy nurse on the foot, mad
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rosy	rosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | the snake | the rosy nurse |  | the foot |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nurse=Patient on foot=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the snake bit the rosy nurse on the foot and then slid off into the grass, mad

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t8:o4:1
# text = the snake bit the rosy nurse on the foot and then slid off into the grass, mad
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rosy	rosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	slid	slide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | the snake | the rosy nurse |  | the foot |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nurse=Patient on foot=Location |
| 2 | **slide off** | past | the snake *not said here* |  |  | the grass | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into grass=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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