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title: how'd he get the corn all clean then, dead easy? — Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats… · tree and pragmatics
description: how'd he get the corn all clean then, dead easy? Test 5 · ★ 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 each op
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# Test 5 · ★ · Grimm, Strong Hans, part 20: Hans eats enormously, breaks…

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how'd he get the corn all clean then, dead easy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** corn

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t5:1
# text = how'd he get the corn all clean then, dead easy?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | he | the corn |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer corn=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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he blew the chaff off it like a giant hairdryer over the whole pile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t5:o1:1
# text = he blew the chaff off it like a giant hairdryer over the whole pile
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chaff	chaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hairdryer	hairdryer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | he | the chaff |  | the whole pile |  | off chaff; like a giant hairdryer | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent chaff=Patient off it=Co-Patient |

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

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he blew the chaff off it like a giant hairdryer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t5:o2:1
# text = he blew the chaff off it like a giant hairdryer
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chaff	chaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hairdryer	hairdryer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | he | the chaff |  |  |  | off chaff; like a giant hairdryer | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent chaff=Patient off it=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he blew the chaff off it like a giant hairdryer till the barn was clear

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t5:o3:1
# text = he blew the chaff off it like a giant hairdryer till the barn was clear
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chaff	chaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hairdryer	hairdryer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | he | the chaff |  |  |  | off chaff; like a giant hairdryer | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent chaff=Patient off it=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | the barn |  |  |  |  | clear *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he sieved it through a giant basket on the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1631-pg5615-part20:t5:o4:1
# text = he sieved it through a giant basket on the floor
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sieved	sieve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sieve** | past | he | it |  | a giant basket on the floor |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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