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title: Did the little horse, like, kick folk who tried to groom it? — Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the little horse, like, kick folk who tried to groom it? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1898 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier, part 1: a serpent with a woman's head asks for help» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 3 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier, part 1: a serpent w…

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Did the little horse, like, kick folk who tried to groom it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** folk · **What happens:** kick, try, groom · **To what, where:** folk

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1898 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier, part 1: a serpent with a woman's head asks for help» 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/1898-pg7277-part35/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:t3:1
# text = Did the little horse, like, kick folk who tried to groom it?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	kick	kick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	groom	groom	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past · do-support |  | folk |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent folk=Patient |
| 2 | **try** | past | folk |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **groom** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | folk *not said here* | folk |  |  |  |  | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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 -->
Yes, it kicked them to death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, it kicked them to death
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past | it | them *= they* |  |  |  | to death *result* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Patient to death=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it kicked them hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, it kicked them hard
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past | it | them *= they* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it kicked them to death and bit the ones who ran

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, it kicked them to death and bit the ones who ran
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past | it | them *= they* |  |  |  | to death *result* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Patient to death=Result |
| 2 | **bite** | past |  | the ones |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 3 | **run** | past | the ones |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it kicked every single person who ever tried to comb its mane in the stable

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, it kicked every single person who ever tried to comb its mane in the stable
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	comb	comb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	mane	mane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past | it | every single person |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent person=Patient |
| 2 | **try** | past | every single person |  |  |  | ever |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **comb** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | every single person *not said here* | person's mane |  | the stable |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mane=Patient |

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