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title: So what was that old man doing with the clay? — Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2:… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what was that old man doing with the clay? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1751 «Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a magic garden, sails a sea made from a shell, and becomes a new daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a…

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So what was that old man doing with the clay?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** do

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1751 «Fairy Tales, Elsa and Kisika, part 2: Elsa is taken into a magic garden, sails a sea made from a shell, and becomes a new daughter» 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/1751-pg641-part2/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:t3:1
# text = So what was that old man doing with the clay?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | old man |  |  |  |  | with the clay | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Just playing with clay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:t3:o1:1
# text = Just playing with clay
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with clay | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with clay=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Painting a big picture of the lady and her house by the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:t3:o2:1
# text = Painting a big picture of the lady and her house by the sea
1	Painting	paint	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | gerund |  | a big picture of the lady and her house |  |  |  | by the sea | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent picture=Theme by sea=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Making a massive doll, then shoving a snake inside it, bare weird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:t3:o3:1
# text = Making a massive doll, then shoving a snake inside it, bare weird
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	doll	doll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	shoving	shove	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
13	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | a massive doll |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset doll=Product |
| 2 | **shove** | gerund |  | a snake |  |  | then | inside snake | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent snake=Theme inside it=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mixing up some mud for the garden walls, pretty normal stuff really

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1751-pg641-part2:t3:o4:1
# text = Mixing up some mud for the garden walls, pretty normal stuff really
1	Mixing	mix	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	really	really	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix up** | gerund |  | some mud |  |  |  | for the garden walls and normal stuff | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent mud=Product for wall=Beneficiary |

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