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title: What did the boys do to Tom in town, the cheeky ones? — Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the boys do to Tom in town, the cheeky ones? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 2021 «Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom makes the princess laugh twice and sends off the wolf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom m…

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What did the boys do to Tom in town, the cheeky ones?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boys · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Tom, town

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2021 «Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom makes the princess laugh twice and sends off the wolf» 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/2021-pg7885-part40/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:t10:1
# text = What did the boys do to Tom in town, the cheeky ones?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the boys |  | Tom | town and the cheeky ones |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Put their tongues out at him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:t10:o1:1
# text = Put their tongues out at him
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put out** | imperative | you *not said here* | their tongues |  |  |  | at him *= he*; out *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme at he=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Put their tongues out at him and followed him down the street

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:t10:o2:1
# text = Put their tongues out at him and followed him down the street
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put out** | imperative | you *not said here* | their tongues |  |  |  | at him *= he*; out *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme at he=Destination |
| 2 | **follow down** | past | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | the street *obl:unmarked* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Put their tongues out at him and threw stones at his goatskin coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:t10:o3:1
# text = Put their tongues out at him and threw stones at his goatskin coat
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	goatskin	goatskin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put out** | imperative | you *not said here* | their tongues |  |  |  | at him *= he*; out *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme at he=Destination |
| 2 | **throw** | past | you *not said here* | stones |  | his goatskin coat |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at coat=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shouted rude words at him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:t10:o4:1
# text = Shouted rude words at him
1	Shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
2	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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