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title: bruh, why did the dwarfs even bother with his dancing? — Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: an… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh, why did the dwarfs even bother with his dancing? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1914 «Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last dance, and a cure» 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 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last…

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bruh, why did the dwarfs even bother with his dancing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dwarfs, his · **What happens:** do, bother, dance

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1914 «Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last dance, and a cure» 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/1914-pg7277-part51/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:t4:1
# text = bruh, why did the dwarfs even bother with his dancing?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	why	why	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	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	bother	bother	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	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 |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bother** | present | the dwarfs |  |  |  |  | with his dancing | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **dance** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom dancing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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they love being entertained by any human who dares to dance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:t4:o1:1
# text = they love being entertained by any human who dares to dance
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	entertained	entertain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	human	human	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	dares	dare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entertain** | present · passive | any human | they |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **dare** | present | any human |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **dance** | to-infinitive | any human *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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they love being entertained

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:t4:o2:1
# text = they love being entertained
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	entertained	entertained	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | entertained *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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because they were amused

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:t4:o3:1
# text = because they were amused
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	amused	amused	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | amused *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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they love being entertained, and he made them laugh greatly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1914-pg7277-part51:t4:o4:1
# text = they love being entertained, and he made them laugh greatly
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	entertained	entertained	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | entertained *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **laugh** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | greatly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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