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title: Sus, what does that special straw do in summer? — Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sus, what does that special straw do in summer? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1722 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 9 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleto…

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Sus, what does that special straw do in summer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sus · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** special straw

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1722 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship» 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/1722-pg640-part46/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t9:1
# text = Sus, what does that special straw do in summer?
1	Sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Sus | that special straw |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | Sus *not said here* |  |  |  | summer |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Makes the sun go dark and the whole land cover in thick snow and ice

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t9:o1:1
# text = Makes the sun go dark and the whole land cover in thick snow and ice
1	Makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present |  | the sun |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | the sun *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Makes hail fall and crops die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t9:o2:1
# text = Makes hail fall and crops die
1	Makes	make	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hail	hail	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hail** | present | Makes |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **fall** | infinitive | Makes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **die** | present | crops |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Makes snow fall and folk freeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t9:o3:1
# text = Makes snow fall and folk freeze
1	Makes	make	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	compound	_	_
2	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	freeze	freeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | infinitive | Makes snow |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Makes snow fall and folk freeze and the rivers turn solid for months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1722-pg640-part46:t9:o4:1
# text = Makes snow fall and folk freeze and the rivers turn solid for months
1	Makes	make	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	freeze	freeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | infinitive | Makes |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | present | the rivers |  |  |  | month | solid *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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