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title: Ngl, them babes in the wood got lost real bad, yeah? Where'd they en… — English Fairy Tales, The Children in t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, them babes in the wood got lost real bad, yeah? Where'd they end up? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ngl, them babes in the wood got lost real bad, yeah? Where'd they end up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** them, babes · **What happens:** babe, lose, end up · **To what, where:** wood, Ngl

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» 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/252-pg14241-part19/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ngl, them babes in the wood got lost real bad, yeah?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t5:1
# text = Ngl, them babes in the wood got lost real bad, yeah?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	babes	babe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **babe** |  | them *= they* |  |  | the wood |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past · passive |  | Ngl |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Where'd they end up?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t5:2
# text = Where'd they end up?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | would | babes *= babe* |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lost near the sea on a long bare road to the south of London town

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t5:o1:1
# text = Lost near the sea on a long bare road to the south of London town
1	Lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	near	near	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  | the sea |  | on a long bare road to the south of London town | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beside a village church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t5:o2:1
# text = Beside a village church
1	Beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Inside a dark old house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t5:o3:1
# text = Inside a dark old house
1	Inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Within an unfrequented wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:252-pg14241-part19:t5:o4:1
# text = Within an unfrequented wood
1	Within	within	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	unfrequented	unfrequented	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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