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title: Mate, what did the dogs chuck in the air, like proper? — Wonder Tales, The Witch in the Stone B… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what did the dogs chuck in the air, like proper? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1739 «Wonder Tales, The Witch in the Stone Boat, part 63: a Witch swaps places with the Queen and steals her away on a stone boat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Wonder Tales, The Witch in the Stone Boat, part 63: a Witc…

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Mate, what did the dogs chuck in the air, like proper?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, dogs · **What happens:** do, chuck · **To what, where:** air

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1739 «Wonder Tales, The Witch in the Stone Boat, part 63: a Witch swaps places with the Queen and steals her away on a stone boat» 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/1739-pg640-part63/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1739-pg640-part63:t1:1
# text = Mate, what did the dogs chuck in the air, like proper?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	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	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	chuck	chuck	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **chuck** | present | the dogs |  |  | the air |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in air=Destination |

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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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the cakes and the royal banners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1739-pg640-part63:t1:o1:1
# text = the cakes and the royal banners
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	banners	banner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
every judge and councillor in the whole kingdom, all at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1739-pg640-part63:t1:o2:1
# text = every judge and councillor in the whole kingdom, all at once
1	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	councillor	councillor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the judges, the whole council and the crowd of noble folk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1739-pg640-part63:t1:o3:1
# text = the judges, the whole council and the crowd of noble folk
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the judges and the whole council

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1739-pg640-part63:t1:o4:1
# text = the judges and the whole council
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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