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title: was the flood a mega glitch or what? — Fairy Tales, The Miller's Boy and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the flood a mega glitch or what? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1703 «Fairy Tales, The Miller's Boy and the Nixy: the hunter is pulled under the pond, and his wife wins him back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Miller's Boy and the Nixy: the hunter is…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
was the flood a mega glitch or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** flood

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1703 «Fairy Tales, The Miller's Boy and the Nixy: the hunter is pulled under the pond, and his wife wins him back» 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/1703-pg640-part27/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1703-pg640-part27:t4:1
# text = was the flood a mega glitch or what?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	csubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	mega	mega	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	glitch	glitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the flood |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it was only a little rain that washed the wet bank away into the river

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1703-pg640-part27:t4:o1:1
# text = nah, it was only a little rain that washed the wet bank away into the river
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a little rain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wash** | past | a little rain | the wet bank |  | the river |  | away *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it swept them apart in one go and dumped them in far lands with no map

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1703-pg640-part27:t4:o2:1
# text = yeah, it swept them apart in one go and dumped them in far lands with no map
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swept	sweep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	go	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	dumped	dump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
18	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep** | past | it | them *= they* |  | one go |  | apart *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme in go=Trajectory |
| 2 | **dump** | past |  | them *= they* |  | far lands |  | with no map | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme in land=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, it dried up the pond quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1703-pg640-part27:t4:o3:1
# text = nope, it dried up the pond quick
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dried	dry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry up** | past | it | the pond |  |  |  | quick *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient pond=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it swept them apart in one go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1703-pg640-part27:t4:o4:1
# text = yeah, it swept them apart in one go
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swept	sweep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	go	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep** | past | it | them *= they* |  | one go |  | apart *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme in go=Trajectory |

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