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title: what did Hans do with the chaff, like the rubbish bit? — Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did Hans do with the chaff, like the rubbish bit? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1631 «Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks the iron staffs, and threshes the squire's grain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 4 · ★ · Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did Hans do with the chaff, like the rubbish bit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Hans · **What happens:** do

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1631 «Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks the iron staffs, and threshes the squire's grain» 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/1631-pg5615-part20/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t4:1
# text = what did Hans do with the chaff, like the rubbish bit?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chaff	chaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Hans |  |  |  |  | with the chaff; like the rubbish bit | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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blew it out the barn doors in a massive pile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t4:o1:1
# text = blew it out the barn doors in a massive pile
1	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow out** | past |  | it |  | a massive pile |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary door=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
blew it out the barn doors in a massive pile for the pigs to eat

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t4:o2:1
# text = blew it out the barn doors in a massive pile for the pigs to eat
1	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow out** | past |  | it |  | a massive pile |  | for the pigs | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary door=Product for pig=Asset |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dumped it in a massive heap by the old gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t4:o3:1
# text = dumped it in a massive heap by the old gate
1	dumped	dump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dump** | past |  | it |  | a massive heap |  | by the old gate | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme in heap=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
blew it out the barn doors in a massive pile then went back for more

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t4:o4:1
# text = blew it out the barn doors in a massive pile then went back for more
1	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow out** | past |  | it |  | a massive pile |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary door=Product |
| 2 | **go back** | past |  |  |  |  | then | for more | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

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