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title: Did Telephassa's walking get faster after Thasus left? — Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Telephassa's walking get faster after Thasus left? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 2057 «Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays behind, Thasus stops, and Telephassa and Cadmus walk on alone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 13 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays…

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Did Telephassa's walking get faster after Thasus left?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** walking, Thasus, Telephassa · **What happens:** do, get, leave, walk

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 2057 «Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays behind, Thasus stops, and Telephassa and Cadmus walk on alone» 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/2057-pg976-part16/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t13:1
# text = Did Telephassa's walking get faster after Thasus left?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Telephassa	Telephassa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	Thasus	Thasus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | Telephassa's walking |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **leave** | past | Thasus |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **walk** |  | Telephassa |  |  |  |  |  | nom walking «act intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nah, she walked with her friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t13:o1:1
# text = Nah, she walked with her friends
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | she |  |  |  |  | with her friends | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, she slowed down a great deal and leaned on Cadmus for support all day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t13:o2:1
# text = Nah, she slowed down a great deal and leaned on Cadmus for support all day
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	slowed	slow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	leaned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Cadmus	Cadmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow down** | past | she | a great deal |  |  | day |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent deal=Patient |
| 2 | **learn** | past | she *not said here* |  |  | Cadmus |  | for support | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nah, she slowed and leaned on Cadmus, who had to hold her arm up the hill

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t13:o3:1
# text = Nah, she slowed and leaned on Cadmus, who had to hold her arm up the hill
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	slowed	slow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	leaned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Cadmus	Cadmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **learn** | past | she *not said here* |  |  | Cadmus |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **hold** | to-infinitive |  | Cadmus's arm |  |  |  | up the hill | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Nah, she slowed and leaned on Cadmus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t13:o4:1
# text = Nah, she slowed and leaned on Cadmus
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	slowed	slow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	leaned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Cadmus	Cadmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **learn** | past | she *not said here* |  |  | Cadmus |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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