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title: What was their mum up to back home, was she chilled out? — Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of The… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was their mum up to back home, was she chilled out? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 642 «Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10: the children escape the dragon and find the room of weather taps» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 9 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10:…

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What was their mum up to back home, was she chilled out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** be, back, chill out · **To what, where:** mum, she

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 642 «Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10: the children escape the dragon and find the room of weather taps» 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/642-pg23661-part10/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t9:1
# text = What was their mum up to back home, was she chilled out?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	parataxis	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	back	back	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	chilled	chill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | their mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **back** | infinitive | their mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **chill out** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sitting at home, having a cup of tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t9:o1:1
# text = Sitting at home, having a cup of tea
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  | home |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | a cup of tea |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sitting at the window, waiting for them to come home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t9:o2:1
# text = Sitting at the window, waiting for them to come home
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  | the window |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for them *= they* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **come** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Crying, cos she thought a dragon had eaten them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t9:o3:1
# text = Crying, cos she thought a dragon had eaten them
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **eat** | past · perfect · passive |  | a dragon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cooking dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t9:o4:1
# text = Cooking dinner
1	Cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	dinner	dinner	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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