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title: Lol, how come the bath-room didn't cook the Simpleton like a sausage? — Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, how come the bath-room didn't cook the Simpleton like a sausage? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks and wins the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton…

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Lol, how come the bath-room didn't cook the Simpleton like a sausage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, bath room · **What happens:** come, not cook · **To what, where:** Simpleton

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks and wins the Princess» 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/1723-pg640-part47/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t5:1
# text = Lol, how come the bath-room didn't cook the Simpleton like a sausage?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Simpleton	Simpleton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **cook** | past · do-support | the bath room | the Simpleton |  |  |  | like a sausage | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent simpleton=Patient |

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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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The thirsty comrade sprayed cold wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t5:o1:1
# text = The thirsty comrade sprayed cold wine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sprayed	spray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spray** | past | the thirsty comrade | cold wine |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wine=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The straw comrade scattered straw and the walls froze solid because the King's magic failed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t5:o2:1
# text = The straw comrade scattered straw and the walls froze solid because the King's magic failed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	froze	freeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	failed	fail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scatter** | participle | the straw comrade *not said here* | straw and the walls |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent straw=Theme |
| 2 | **freeze** | past | the straw comrade |  |  |  |  | solid *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **fail** | past | the King's magic |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The straw comrade scattered straw so the walls cooled down very quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t5:o3:1
# text = The straw comrade scattered straw so the walls cooled down very quickly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	scattered	scatter	ADJ	VBN	_	5	amod	_	_
5	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	cooled	cool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool down** | participle |  | the walls *not said here* |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The straw comrade made the walls freeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1723-pg640-part47:t5:o4:1
# text = The straw comrade made the walls freeze
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	freeze	freeze	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the straw comrade |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **freeze** | present | the walls |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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