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title: Wicked, what do the guinea pigs wear on their trotters? — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wicked, what do the guinea pigs wear on their trotters? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1789 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part 40: Jem sleeps, dreams for seven years, and finds his mother sad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 4 · ★ · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part 40: Jem sleeps, drea…

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Wicked, what do the guinea pigs wear on their trotters?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guinea pigs · **What happens:** do, wear · **To what, where:** trotters

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1789 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part 40: Jem sleeps, dreams for seven years, and finds his mother sad» 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/1789-pg641-part40/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:t4:1
# text = Wicked, what do the guinea pigs wear on their trotters?
1	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	trotters	trotter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **wear** | present | the guinea pigs |  |  | pigs's trotters |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

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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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Tiny shoes made from hollow walnut shells tied on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:t4:o1:1
# text = Tiny shoes made from hollow walnut shells tied on
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	walnut	walnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | Tiny shoes *not said here* |  | hollow walnut shells |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from shell=Material |
| 2 | **tie on** | participle |  | hollow walnut shells *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Paper bags tied on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:t4:o2:1
# text = Paper bags tied on
1	Paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie on** | participle · passive |  | Paper bags |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

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Nutshells for shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:t4:o3:1
# text = Nutshells for shoes
1	Nutshells	nutshell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tiny wooden clogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:t4:o4:1
# text = Tiny wooden clogs
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	clogs	clog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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