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title: Was Little Klaus actually drowned, or nah? — Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Little Klaus actually drowned, or nah? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1730 «Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus tries to drown Little Klaus and drowns the old driver by mistake, then a prince finds a gold ring in a barrel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus t…

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Was Little Klaus actually drowned, or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Little Klaus · **What happens:** be, drown · **To what, where:** Little Klaus

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1730 «Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus tries to drown Little Klaus and drowns the old driver by mistake, then a prince finds a gold ring in a barrel» 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/1730-pg640-part54/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t7:1
# text = Was Little Klaus actually drowned, or nah?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Little Klaus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drown** | past | Little Klaus |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: 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 {#o1}

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No, he was driving his cattle home along the road to the farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t7:o1:1
# text = No, he was driving his cattle home along the road to the farm
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	along	along	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past · progressive | he | his cattle |  | the road |  | to the farm; home *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme along road=Destination to farm=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, he was resting by the mill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t7:o2:1
# text = No, he was resting by the mill
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | by the mill | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent by mill=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, he drowned in the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, he drowned in the river
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | past | he |  |  | the river |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, he was driving his cattle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:t7:o4:1
# text = No, he was driving his cattle
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past · progressive | he | his cattle |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme |

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