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title: Innit wild, the goblins flew off like the wind, but what was the old… — pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Innit wild, the goblins flew off like the wind, but what was the old man's problem? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1766 «pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runaways escape the goblins with the magic ball and reach the world again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Test 2 · ★ · pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runa…

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Innit wild, the goblins flew off like the wind, but what was the old man's problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, goblins · **What happens:** innit, fly off, be · **To what, where:** problem

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1766 «pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runaways escape the goblins with the magic ball and reach the world again» 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/1766-pg641-part17/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t2:1
# text = Innit wild, the goblins flew off like the wind, but what was the old man's problem?
1	Innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	goblins	goblin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	obj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **innit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | wild *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly off** | past | the goblins |  |  |  |  | like the wind | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | the old man's problem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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He was lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t2:o1:1
# text = He was lost
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t2:o2:1
# text = He was hungry
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hungry	hungry	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** | past | He |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

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

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He wanted the prince back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t2:o3:1
# text = He wanted the prince back
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want back** | past | He | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot prince=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He missed his tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:t2:o4:1
# text = He missed his tea
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | He | his tea |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tea=Stimulus |

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