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title: Where did the mad kid end up, like the thorny bit? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did the mad kid end up, like the thorny bit? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 297 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws the town into the wood, and only a few go on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws…

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Where did the mad kid end up, like the thorny bit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mad kid · **What happens:** be, end up

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 297 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws the town into the wood, and only a few go on» 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/297-pg1597-part24/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t11:1
# text = Where did the mad kid end up, like the thorny bit?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	thorny	thorny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the mad kid |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **end up** | present |  |  |  |  |  | like the thorny bit | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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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the darkest, thickest wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t11:o1:1
# text = the darkest, thickest wood
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	darkest	dark	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	thickest	thick	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t11:o2:1
# text = the river
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the darkest, thickest part of the wood where the thorns grow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t11:o3:1
# text = the darkest, thickest part of the wood where the thorns grow
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	darkest	dark	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	thickest	thick	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | the thorns |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the nearest village mill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:t11:o4:1
# text = the nearest village mill
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
3	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	mill	mill	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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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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