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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bruh, did Klaus really get the sexton to pay him so he wouldn't get yeeted in the river?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Klaus, sexton · **What happens:** get, pay, not yeet · **To what, where:** sexton, Klaus, river

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1729 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little Klaus sells the sexton and then his dead grandmother for money» 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/1729-pg640-part53/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t1:1
# text = bruh, did Klaus really get the sexton to pay him so he wouldn't get yeeted in the river?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sexton	sexton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
16	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	yeeted	yeet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | Klaus | the sexton |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | to-infinitive | the sexton *not said here* | Klaus |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset |
| 3 | **not** **yeet** | would · passive |  | Klaus |  | the river |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the sexton paid up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah, the sexton paid up
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sexton	sexton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay up** | participle |  | the sexton *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bruh, he got a whole bushel and a horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t1:o2:1
# text = bruh, he got a whole bushel and a horse
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | a whole bushel and a horse |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bushel=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, he got a whole bushel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t1:o3:1
# text = fr, he got a whole bushel
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | fr |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bushel=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, he got a whole bushel and ran off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:t1:o4:1
# text = fr, he got a whole bushel and ran off
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | fr |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bushel=Stimulus |
| 2 | **run off** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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