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title: Mate, whose galoshes were chilling by the door? — Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fort… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, whose galoshes were chilling by the door? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 278 «Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Councillor's muddled party ends in the street, and the watchman finds the shoes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Cou…

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Mate, whose galoshes were chilling by the door?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** chill

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 278 «Andersen's Tales, The Galoshes of Fortune, part 5: the Councillor's muddled party ends in the street, and the watchman finds the shoes» 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/278-pg1597-part5/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t6:1
# text = Mate, whose galoshes were chilling by the door?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	galoshes	galosh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | past · progressive | Mate and Mate and Mate's galoshes's galoshes |  |  |  |  | by the door | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some watchman who lives next door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t6:o1:1
# text = Some watchman who lives next door
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	watchman	watchman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | some watchman | next door |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme door=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Some lieutenant who lives over the way, the one who never rings his bell after midnight

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t6:o2:1
# text = Some lieutenant who lives over the way, the one who never rings his bell after midnight
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	rings	ring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | some lieutenant |  |  | the way |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over way=Location |
| 2 | **not** **ring** | present | the one | lieutenant's bell |  |  | midnight |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Some guest from the party, I reckon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t6:o3:1
# text = Some guest from the party, I reckon
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | some guest from the party |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some lieutenant who lives over the way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:278-pg1597-part5:t6:o4:1
# text = Some lieutenant who lives over the way
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | some lieutenant |  |  | the way |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over way=Location |

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