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title: What job did she get, like, a dead boring one? — Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: What job did she get, like, a dead boring one? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1768 «Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the swallow and the secret princess; a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the sw…

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What job did she get, like, a dead boring one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** job · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** dead boring one

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1768 «Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the swallow and the secret princess; a new tale 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/1768-pg641-part19/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t6:1
# text = What job did she get, like, a dead boring one?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | what job | a dead boring one |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=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 {#o1}

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Tending the family's garden plot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t6:o1:1
# text = Tending the family's garden plot
1	Tending	tend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tend** | gerund |  | the family's garden plot |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plot=Theme |
| 2 | **plot** |  | the family |  |  |  |  |  | nom plot «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Looking after the children and making every meal for the household each evening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t6:o2:1
# text = Looking after the children and making every meal for the household each evening
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  | after the children; evening |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **make** | gerund |  | every meal |  |  |  | for the household | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent meal=Product for household=Asset |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Cleaning and sweeping the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t6:o3:1
# text = Cleaning and sweeping the house
1	Cleaning	clean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	sweeping	sweep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **sweep** | gerund |  | the house |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Feeding the farm animals daily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t6:o4:1
# text = Feeding the farm animals daily
1	Feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | gerund |  |  | the farm animals |  |  | daily *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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