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title: Is Cupid sneaky about following students? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Bo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is Cupid sneaky about following students? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 308 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets in a wet boy who shoots him with an arrow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets…

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Is Cupid sneaky about following students?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, follow · **To what, where:** students

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 308 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets in a wet boy who shoots him with an arrow» 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/308-pg1597-part35/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:t10:1
# text = Is Cupid sneaky about following students?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	Cupid	cupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	students	student	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | sneaky *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  | students |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent student=Theme |

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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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Yeah, he's wearing a green hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:t10:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he's wearing a green hat
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present · progressive | he | a green hat |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Super sneaky, he sneaks around in a black coat and never gets caught, fam

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:t10:o2:1
# text = Super sneaky, he sneaks around in a black coat and never gets caught, fam
1	Super	super	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sneaks	sneak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	around	around	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak around** | present | he |  |  | a black coat |  | around *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in coat=Trajectory |
| 2 | **not** **catch** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Dead sneaky, he's in a black coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:t10:o3:1
# text = Dead sneaky, he's in a black coat
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  | a sneaky black coat |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dead sneaky, he hides in a long black coat and walks behind them real quiet, bro

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:t10:o4:1
# text = Dead sneaky, he hides in a long black coat and walks behind them real quiet, bro
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | he |  |  | a long black coat |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in coat=Location |
| 2 | **walk** | present | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | behind them *= they* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind they=Trajectory |

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