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title: what was the last job he got, lowkey the worst one? — fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was the last job he got, lowkey the worst one? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1764 «fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: the prince is set a hay task and tricks a horse and a cow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 10 · ★ · fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: t…

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what was the last job he got, lowkey the worst one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be, get · **To what, where:** last job

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1764 «fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: the prince is set a hay task and tricks a horse and a cow» 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/1764-pg641-part15/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:t10:1
# text = what was the last job he got, lowkey the worst one?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the last job and lowkey |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | he | the last job and lowkey *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus |

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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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Bring the whole hay-stack in from the wet field to dry before dark

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:t10:o1:1
# text = Bring the whole hay-stack in from the wet field to dry before dark
1	Bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	stack	stack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	dry	dry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
14	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | the whole hay stack |  | the wet field |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent stack=Theme |
| 2 | **dry** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | before dark |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bring the hay-stack in to dry, every strand, before the old man returns from town

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:t10:o2:1
# text = Bring the hay-stack in to dry, every strand, before the old man returns from town
1	Bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	stack	stack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	dry	dry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	strand	strand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | the hay stack |  |  |  | every strand *obl* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent stack=Theme |
| 2 | **dry** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **return** | present | the old man |  |  | town |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from town=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clean the old stable floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:t10:o3:1
# text = Clean the old stable floor
1	Clean	clean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	stable	stable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | imperative | you *not said here* | the old stable floor |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent floor=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bring the hay-stack in to dry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:t10:o4:1
# text = Bring the hay-stack in to dry
1	Bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	stack	stack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	dry	dry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | the hay stack |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent stack=Theme |
| 2 | **dry** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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