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title: Wait, why was George so gutted about the North Pole? — The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why was George so gutted about the North Pole? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Test 3 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Ja…

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Wait, why was George so gutted about the North Pole?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, George · **What happens:** wait, be, gut · **To what, where:** George

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» 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/643-pg23661-part11/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t3:1
# text = Wait, why was George so gutted about the North Pole?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	gutted	gut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | George |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **gut** | past | George |  |  |  |  | about the North Pole | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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He didn't wanna get blamed for whatever Jane got up to on the lawn that night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t3:o1:1
# text = He didn't wanna get blamed for whatever Jane got up to on the lawn that night
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
9	Jane	Jane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	up	up	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **blame** | past · passive · do-support |  | He |  |  | night | for whatever | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for whatever=Attribute |
| 2 | **get up** | past | Jane |  |  | the lawn |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on lawn=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He reckoned they'd get told off for ages by Mum and Dad for all the trouble

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t3:o2:1
# text = He reckoned they'd get told off for ages by Mum and Dad for all the trouble
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:agent	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	17	det:predet	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | would · passive | Mum and Dad | they |  |  | for ages | for all trouble | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He thought Jane was being daft, yeah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t3:o3:1
# text = He thought Jane was being daft, yeah
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Jane	Jane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	daft	daft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | Jane |  |  |  |  | daft *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He didn't wanna get blamed for Jane's mischief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t3:o4:1
# text = He didn't wanna get blamed for Jane's mischief
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Jane	Jane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	mischief	mischief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **blame** | past · passive · do-support |  | He |  |  |  | for Jane's mischief | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for mischief=Attribute |

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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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