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title: Did the dad get Jack a job on the ice? — Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Re… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the dad get Jack a job on the ice? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1569 «Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning through soldiers, the Count's rage and the endless nettles, then sews his shroud» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 12 · ★ · Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning…

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Did the dad get Jack a job on the ice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** job, Jack

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1569 «Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning through soldiers, the Count's rage and the endless nettles, then sews his shroud» 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/1569-pg540-part66/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t12:1
# text = Did the dad get Jack a job on the ice?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the dad | a job | Jack |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent jack=Beneficiary job=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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nah, the man in the carriage took him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t12:o1:1
# text = nah, the man in the carriage took him
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the man in the carriage |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the man in the carriage took him away instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t12:o2:1
# text = nah, the man in the carriage took him away instead
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take away** | past | the man in the carriage | him *= he* |  |  |  | away, instead *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yeah, the dad got him work at the mill on the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t12:o3:1
# text = yeah, the dad got him work at the mill on the river
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the dad | work | him *= he* | the mill |  | on the river | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary work=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a farmer got him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1569-pg540-part66:t12:o4:1
# text = yeah, a farmer got him
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | a farmer | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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