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title: Dude, what were the two little ones so scared of? — Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, what were the two little ones so scared of? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1887 «Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded in the kettle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded…

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Dude, what were the two little ones so scared of?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** two little ones

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1887 «Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded in the kettle» 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/1887-pg7277-part24/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t13:1
# text = Dude, what were the two little ones so scared of?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Dude and the two little ones | the two little ones |  |  |  |  | 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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Being tied up forever and never seeing home again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t13:o1:1
# text = Being tied up forever and never seeing home again
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie up** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle» |
| 2 | **not** **see** | gerund |  |  |  |  | again | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Getting lost at dusk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t13:o2:1
# text = Getting lost at dusk
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  | dusk |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Being eaten by the fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t13:o3:1
# text = Being eaten by the fox
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund · passive | the fox |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Being chased by the farmer's dogs all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t13:o4:1
# text = Being chased by the farmer's dogs all day
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	chased	chase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:agent	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | gerund · passive | the farmer's dogs |  |  |  | day |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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