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title: his bee gets eaten by wolves, rip — Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in… · tree and pragmatics
description: his bee gets eaten by wolves, rip Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1753 «Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4: Elsa is shot down and wins a prince, then a boy's lying contest begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4:…

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his bee gets eaten by wolves, rip

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolves · **What happens:** eat · **To what, where:** bee

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1753 «Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4: Elsa is shot down and wins a prince, then a boy's lying contest begins» 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/1753-pg641-part4/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t8:1
# text = his bee gets eaten by wolves, rip
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · passive | wolves and rip | his bee |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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nah, it just sits there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t8:o1:1
# text = nah, it just sits there
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | it |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah, and then the wolves get stuck, ankle-deep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t8:o2:1
# text = yeah, and then the wolves get stuck, ankle-deep
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	ankle	ankle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yeah, and then milk is spilled everywhere, knee-deep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t8:o3:1
# text = yeah, and then milk is spilled everywhere, knee-deep
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
5	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	spilled	spill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spill** | present · passive |  | milk |  |  | then | everywhere *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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yeah, and then honey is everywhere, ankle-deep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1753-pg641-part4:t8:o4:1
# text = yeah, and then honey is everywhere, ankle-deep
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
5	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	ankle	ankle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | honey |  |  |  | then | everywhere *property* | tree rules |

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