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title: Right, so what was he actually yanking out of the water at the start? — English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Right, so what was he actually yanking out of the water at the start? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 264 «English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe fights the Worm at the Rock» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe…

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Right, so what was he actually yanking out of the water at the start?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** yank · **To what, where:** water

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 264 «English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe fights the Worm at the Rock» 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/264-pg14241-part31/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t2:1
# text = Right, so what was he actually yanking out of the water at the start?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	yanking	yank	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yank** | past · progressive | he |  |  | the water |  | at the start; actually *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent what=Theme out water=Initial\_Location |

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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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A proper minging great worm wi' nine holes and a stink on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t2:o1:1
# text = A proper minging great worm wi' nine holes and a stink on it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
3	minging	ming	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
8	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stink	stink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ming** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A proper minging worm wi' nine holes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t2:o2:1
# text = A proper minging worm wi' nine holes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	minging	ming	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
4	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
7	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ming** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A right mucky pike wi' spots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t2:o3:1
# text = A right mucky pike wi' spots
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	mucky	mucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	pike	pike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A massive minging serpent wi' nine holes in its scaly back, like a proper monster

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t2:o4:1
# text = A massive minging serpent wi' nine holes in its scaly back, like a proper monster
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	minging	minging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
7	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	scaly	scaly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

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