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title: ngl, the dragon with twelve heads, did Petru chicken out or go for it? — Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, the dragon with twelve heads, did Petru chicken out or go for it? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1779 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30: Petru meets a seven-headed dragon, fails, gets a magic horse, and resists the copper flowers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Test 5 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30:…

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ngl, the dragon with twelve heads, did Petru chicken out or go for it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** do out, go · **To what, where:** Petru chicken

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1779 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30: Petru meets a seven-headed dragon, fails, gets a magic horse, and resists the copper flowers» 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/1779-pg641-part30/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t5:1
# text = ngl, the dragon with twelve heads, did Petru chicken out or go for it?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Petru	Petru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do out** | past | ngl | Petru chicken |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chicken=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | ngl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for chicken | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary |

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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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he chickened out and ran away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t5:o1:1
# text = he chickened out and ran away
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chickened	chicken	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chicken out** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run away** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
went for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t5:o2:1
# text = went for it
1	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  |  |  | for it | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
backed away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t5:o3:1
# text = backed away
1	backed	back	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **back away** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he hesitated for a long while before deciding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t5:o4:1
# text = he hesitated for a long while before deciding
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hesitated	hesitate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	deciding	decide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hesitate** | past | he |  |  |  | while |  | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **decide** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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