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title: honestly the storm was the worst luck ever — Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: honestly the storm was the worst luck ever Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 7 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her…

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honestly the storm was the worst luck ever

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** storm · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** worst luck

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» 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/1695-pg640-part19/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t7:1
# text = honestly the storm was the worst luck ever
1	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the storm | the worst luck |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
fr, if it hadn't stormed he'd never got caught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t7:o1:1
# text = fr, if it hadn't stormed he'd never got caught
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	stormed	storm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **storm** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | fr *not said here* | fr |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **get** | past · perfect | fr |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **catch** | participle | fr *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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fr, if it hadn't stormed he would have walked out of the room unseen like always and kept his gold

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t7:o2:1
# text = fr, if it hadn't stormed he would have walked out of the room unseen like always and kept his gold
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	stormed	storm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux	_	_
11	walked	walk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	unseen	unseen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
17	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	16	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **storm** | past · perfect · passive |  | fr |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk out** | would · perfect | he | the room |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Attribute |
| 3 | **keep** | past |  | his gold |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah but the belt was the real problem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t7:o3:1
# text = yeah but the belt was the real problem
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the belt | the real problem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
for real, the storm was the worst luck but also the boy shouldn't have gone in without thinking

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t7:o4:1
# text = for real, the storm was the worst luck but also the boy shouldn't have gone in without thinking
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
11	also	also	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
14	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
16	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux	_	_
17	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the storm | the worst luck |  |  |  | for real | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **go in** | should · perfect | the boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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