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title: lol the dog was chained up cuz he bit some kid, yeah? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man,… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol the dog was chained up cuz he bit some kid, yeah? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1620 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs for a warm stove, freezes, and melts in the spring thaw» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs f…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol the dog was chained up cuz he bit some kid, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** chain up, bite · **To what, where:** dog, kid

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1620 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs for a warm stove, freezes, and melts in the spring thaw» 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/1620-pg5615-part9/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t2:1
# text = lol the dog was chained up cuz he bit some kid, yeah?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	chained	chain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	cuz	cuz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chain up** | past · passive |  | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient cuz=Result |
| 2 | **bite** | past | dog | some kid |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, the kid nicked his bone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t2:o1:1
# text = yep, the kid nicked his bone
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past | the kid | kid's bone |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the kid kept poking him with a stick all day long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t2:o2:1
# text = nah, the kid kept poking him with a stick all day long
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	poking	poke	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the kid |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **poke** | gerund | the kid *not said here* | kid |  |  | day | with a stick; long *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent he=Theme with stick=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the girl took his ball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t2:o3:1
# text = nah, the girl took his ball
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the girl | his ball |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, the kid nicked his bone off the step so he bit him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t2:o4:1
# text = yep, the kid nicked his bone off the step so he bit him
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past | the kid | kid's bone |  |  |  | off the step | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bone=Theme off step=Source |
| 2 | **bite** | past | kid | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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