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title: wait the mums in the towns, did they panic too — Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seed… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 12 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 28: Proserpi…

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wait the mums in the towns, did they panic too

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, mums · **What happens:** wait, panic · **To what, where:** mums, towns

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2069 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 28: Proserpina pulls up a strange shrub and is carried off by Pluto» 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/2069-pg976-part28/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2069-pg976-part28:t12:1
# text = wait the mums in the towns, did they panic too
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	panic	panic	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | the mums |  | the towns |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **panic** | past · do-support | mums *= mum* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they dropped everything and rushed out into the streets to find their children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2069-pg976-part28:t12:o1:1
# text = they dropped everything and rushed out into the streets to find their children
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	rushed	rush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | they | everything |  | the streets |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent everything=Theme into street=Destination |
| 2 | **rush out** | participle | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | streets's children |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they went to look for the nymphs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2069-pg976-part28:t12:o2:1
# text = they went to look for the nymphs
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the nymphs | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for nymph=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they ran out into the streets to check on their kids and call for help

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2069-pg976-part28:t12:o3:1
# text = they ran out into the streets to check on their kids and call for help
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run out** | past | they |  |  |  |  | into the streets *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into street=Result |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on streets's kids | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on kid=Location |
| 3 | **call** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for help | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they ran out to check on their kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2069-pg976-part28:t12:o4:1
# text = they ran out to check on their kids
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run out** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on their kids | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on kid=Location |

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