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title: Oi mate, why was the minister so skint he made his staff glug loads… — Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi mate, why was the minister so skint he made his staff glug loads of beer? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1799 «Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings the bells, outwits the headless dwarves, then rides off through snow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings…

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Oi mate, why was the minister so skint he made his staff glug loads of beer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi mate, staff · **What happens:** be, make, glug · **To what, where:** minister, loads

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1799 «Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings the bells, outwits the headless dwarves, then rides off through snow» 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/1799-pg641-part50/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t1:1
# text = Oi mate, why was the minister so skint he made his staff glug loads of beer?
1	Oi	Oi	X	FW	_	2	compound	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	skint	skint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	staff	staff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	glug	glug	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
15	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Oi mate and the minister *not said here* | the minister |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past | Oi mate and the minister |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **glug** | present | his staff | loads of beer |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So they'd drink less ale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t1:o1:1
# text = So they'd drink less ale
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | would | they | less ale |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So they'd scoff less grub

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t1:o2:1
# text = So they'd scoff less grub
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	scoff	scoff	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	grub	grub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scoff** | would | they | less grub |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grub=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because the pub down the road had cut its prices and he wanted the lads to drink at home

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t1:o3:1
# text = Because the pub down the road had cut its prices and he wanted the lads to drink at home
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pub	pub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past · perfect · passive |  | the pub down the road |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary price=Product |
| 2 | **want** | past | he | the lads |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **drink** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the lads *not said here* |  |  | home |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because he was a stingy git who wanted them to starve and work harder all day

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t1:o4:1
# text = Because he was a stingy git who wanted them to starve and work harder all day
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stingy	stingy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	git	git	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	starve	starve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | a stingy git |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | a stingy git | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **starve** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **work** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  | day | hard *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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