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title: What was the duke like to work for, gutted or chuffed? — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the duke like to work for, gutted or chuffed? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 6 · ★ · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What was the duke like to work for, gutted or chuffed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, work, gut, chuff · **To what, where:** duke

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» 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/1791-pg641-part42/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t6:1
# text = What was the duke like to work for, gutted or chuffed?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	duke	duke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the duke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **chuff** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Chuffed to bits, he got fifty ducats a year and a proper coat too

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t6:o1:1
# text = Chuffed to bits, he got fifty ducats a year and a proper coat too
1	Chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
15	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to bits | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | he | fifty ducats  a year and a proper coat |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ducat=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chuffed, paid twenty ducats a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t6:o2:1
# text = Chuffed, paid twenty ducats a year
1	Chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | participle |  | twenty ducats |  |  | year |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ducat=Asset |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chuffed, he got fifty ducats a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t6:o3:1
# text = Chuffed, he got fifty ducats a year
1	Chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | he | fifty ducats |  |  | year |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ducat=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chuffed, loads of cash, he got fifty ducats a year plus new clothes

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t6:o4:1
# text = Chuffed, loads of cash, he got fifty ducats a year plus new clothes
1	Chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:unmarked	_	_
13	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | Chuffed loads of cash | fifty ducats  a year plus new clothes |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ducat=Stimulus |

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