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title: Bruh, how did the chief's family get the fiddle? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle:… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 8 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle: the drowned girl be…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bruh, how did the chief's family get the fiddle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** fiddle

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1825 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle: the drowned girl becomes a bamboo fiddle that cooks for a chief's son, then the Cruel Crane tricks the fish» 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/1825-pg7128-part9/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1825-pg7128-part9:t8:1
# text = Bruh, how did the chief's family get the fiddle?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | present | the chief's family | the fiddle |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fiddle=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They got the Jogi wasted at the feast and swapped it while he slept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1825-pg7128-part9:t8:o1:1
# text = They got the Jogi wasted at the feast and swapped it while he slept
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Jogi	Jogi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wasted	waste	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **waste** | past | the Jogi |  |  | the feast |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **swap** | past | They *not said here* | Jogi |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **sleep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They got the Jogi wasted and swapped it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1825-pg7128-part9:t8:o2:1
# text = They got the Jogi wasted and swapped it
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Jogi	Jogi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wasted	waste	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **waste** | past | the Jogi |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **swap** | past | They *not said here* | Jogi |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They bribed the Jogi with food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1825-pg7128-part9:t8:o3:1
# text = They bribed the Jogi with food
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bribed	bribe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Jogi	Jogi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bribe** | past | They | the Jogi |  |  |  | with food | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jogi=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They got the Jogi wasted on liquor and swapped it for a cheap one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1825-pg7128-part9:t8:o4:1
# text = They got the Jogi wasted on liquor and swapped it for a cheap one
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Jogi	Jogi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wasted	waste	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	liquor	liquor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **waste** | past | the Jogi |  |  |  |  | on liquor *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent on liquor=Goal |
| 3 | **swap** | past | They *not said here* | Jogi |  |  |  | for a cheap one | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for one=Co-Theme |

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