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title: Real talk, what did the walnut crew try to chuck into the cart? — Tales of Many Lands, The Six Sillies:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, what did the walnut crew try to chuck into the cart? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1547 «Tales of Many Lands, The Six Sillies: a foolish family, three simpletons and a magic cloth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 6 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, The Six Sillies: a foolish family, th…

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Real talk, what did the walnut crew try to chuck into the cart?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, try, chuck · **To what, where:** walnut crew, Real talk, cart

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1547 «Tales of Many Lands, The Six Sillies: a foolish family, three simpletons and a magic cloth» 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/1547-pg540-part44/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1547-pg540-part44:t6:1
# text = Real talk, what did the walnut crew try to chuck into the cart?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	walnut	walnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	try	try	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the walnut crew |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crew=Eventuality |
| 2 | **try** | present |  | Real talk |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **chuck** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the cart |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent into cart=Destination |

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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 cart with the mule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1547-pg540-part44:t6:o1:1
# text = the cart with the mule
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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the walnuts with a fork

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1547-pg540-part44:t6:o2:1
# text = the walnuts with a fork
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	walnuts	walnut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fork	fork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the walnuts into the cart with a rope and a long pole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1547-pg540-part44:t6:o3:1
# text = the walnuts into the cart with a rope and a long pole
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	walnuts	walnut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the walnuts into the wooden cart using a big wooden fork and spade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1547-pg540-part44:t6:o4:1
# text = the walnuts into the wooden cart using a big wooden fork and spade
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	walnuts	walnut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	fork	fork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	spade	spade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund | the walnuts into the wooden cart | a big wooden fork and spade |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fork=Patient |

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