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title: Wait, the people in the wood were just running round like headless c… — Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, the people in the wood were just running round like headless chickens? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1890 «Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27: a little monkey shows the Prince a rock of gold, and the Princess Sabella is found to have no heart» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27: a little monkey sho…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, the people in the wood were just running round like headless chickens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, people · **What happens:** wait, run

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1890 «Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27: a little monkey shows the Prince a rock of gold, and the Princess Sabella is found to have no heart» 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/1890-pg7277-part27/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:t5:1
# text = Wait, the people in the wood were just running round like headless chickens?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
11	round	round	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	headless	headless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	chickens	chicken	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	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 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | past · progressive | the people in the wood |  |  |  |  | like headless chickens; round *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 -->
Yeah, all lost and sad, searching round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:t5:o1:1
# text = Yeah, all lost and sad, searching round
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	searching	search	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	round	round	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle · passive |  | all |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **search** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, mad and gutted, looking for the way, and crying loads, innit

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:t5:o2:1
# text = Yeah, mad and gutted, looking for the way, and crying loads, innit
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
14	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for the way | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for way=Theme |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  | loads |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, mad and gutted, looking for the way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:t5:o3:1
# text = Yeah, mad and gutted, looking for the way
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for the way | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for way=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, all calm, looking at the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:t5:o4:1
# text = Nah, all calm, looking at the trees
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
4	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund | all |  |  |  |  | at the trees | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tree=Theme |

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