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title: Why was Hans's kip so long the next morning, like till dinner? — Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was Hans's kip so long the next morning, like till dinner? Test 6 · ★ 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 tree and pragmat
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# Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings…

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Why was Hans's kip so long the next morning, like till dinner?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kip · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t6:1
# text = Why was Hans's kip so long the next morning, like till dinner?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	kip	kip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	till	till	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Hans's kip |  |  |  | morning | like dinner; why *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He slept in the hayloft till noon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t6:o1:1
# text = He slept in the hayloft till noon
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hayloft	hayloft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	till	till	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past | He |  |  | the hayloft | noon |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in hayloft=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He had slept in the hayloft till noon after ringing the bells all night and tumbling down the stairs

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t6:o2:1
# text = He had slept in the hayloft till noon after ringing the bells all night and tumbling down the stairs
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	slept	sleep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hayloft	hayloft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	till	till	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	ringing	ring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	tumbling	tumble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
17	down	down	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past · perfect | He |  |  | the hayloft | noon |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in hayloft=Location |
| 2 | **ring** | gerund | He *not said here* | the bells |  |  | night |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |
| 3 | **tumble down** | gerund | He *not said here* | the stairs |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stair=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He stayed in the tower till dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t6:o3:1
# text = He stayed in the tower till dinner
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	till	till	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | He |  |  | the tower | till dinner |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tower=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He slept on the pews till dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t6:o4:1
# text = He slept on the pews till dawn
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pews	pew	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	till	till	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past | He |  |  | the pews | dawn |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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