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title: so why did Cadmus teach the kids their ABCs? — Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: so why did Cadmus teach the kids their ABCs? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the f…

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so why did Cadmus teach the kids their ABCs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cadmus · **What happens:** teach · **To what, where:** kids

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» 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/2061-pg976-part20/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t6:1
# text = so why did Cadmus teach the kids their ABCs?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Cadmus	Cadmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	ABCs	abc	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Cadmus |  | the kids and kids's ABCs |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient |

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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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so the dragon meanness wouldn't rub off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t6:o1:1
# text = so the dragon meanness wouldn't rub off
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	meanness	meanness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	rub	rub	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rub off** | would | the dragon meanness |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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so the palace guards would never have to teach them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t6:o2:1
# text = so the palace guards would never have to teach them
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | would | the palace guards |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the palace guards *not said here* |  | guards *= guard* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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so the dragon meanness from their fathers wouldn't rub off on them as they grew

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t6:o3:1
# text = so the dragon meanness from their fathers wouldn't rub off on them as they grew
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	meanness	meanness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	rub	rub	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rub off** | would | the dragon meanness from their fathers |  |  |  |  | on fathers *= father* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on they=Destination |
| 2 | **grow** | past | fathers *= father* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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so they'd learn the gods' laws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t6:o4:1
# text = so they'd learn the gods' laws
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | would | they | the gods's laws |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Topic |

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