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title: why'd they both bolt when the door opened? — Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: why'd they both bolt when the door opened? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 400 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits his grand city friend, gets a scare, and goes home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a co…

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why'd they both bolt when the door opened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** bolt, open · **To what, where:** door

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 400 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits his grand city friend, gets a scare, and goes home» 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/400-pg21-part21/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:t4:1
# text = why'd they both bolt when the door opened?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bolt	bolt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bolt** | would | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **open** | participle · passive |  | the door |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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 {#o1}

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someone came in and they got scared, running off to hide in the wall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:t4:o1:1
# text = someone came in and they got scared, running off to hide in the wall
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | past | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | they |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **run off** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **hide** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  | the wall |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wall=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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cause someone came in through the door and they both got scared and ran away lol

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:t4:o2:1
# text = cause someone came in through the door and they both got scared and ran away lol
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	both	both	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come in** | past | someone |  |  | the door |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through door=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **get** | past | they |  |  |  |  | both, scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **run away** | past | someone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
somebody walked in, they panicked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:t4:o3:1
# text = somebody walked in, they panicked
1	somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	panicked	panic	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk in** | past | somebody |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **panic** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
someone came in and they got scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:t4:o4:1
# text = someone came in and they got scared
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | past | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | they |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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