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title: yo did the rats seriously dig a tunnel with their teeth? — Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo did the rats seriously dig a tunnel with their teeth? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1831 «Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betrays Gangazara, and the animal kings try to save him from the dungeon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 1 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betr…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo did the rats seriously dig a tunnel with their teeth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** yo, rats · **What happens:** do, dig · **To what, where:** tunnel

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1831 «Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betrays Gangazara, and the animal kings try to save him from the dungeon» 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/1831-pg7128-part15/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t1:1
# text = yo did the rats seriously dig a tunnel with their teeth?
1	yo	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	dig	dig	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | yo |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dig** | present | the rats | a tunnel |  |  |  | with rats's teeth; seriously *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent tunnel=Theme with tooth=Instrument |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah bro, like a whole passage to the cell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah bro, like a whole passage to the cell
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah bro, they dug for nights and the whole palace was shaking from it

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t1:o2:1
# text = yeah bro, they dug for nights and the whole palace was shaking from it
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past | they |  |  |  | night | bro *vocative* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shake** | past · progressive | the whole palace |  |  |  |  | from bro | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer from it=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the guards dug it first and the rats just followed them down there

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t1:o3:1
# text = nah, the guards dug it first and the rats just followed them down there
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	down	down	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
15	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past | the guards | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **follow down** | past | the rats | guards *= guard* |  | there |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they dug under the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah, they dug under the wall
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past | they |  |  | the wall |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent under wall=Location |

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