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title: did the moths eat up the feathers as well, like the grouse ones — The Magic City, the North Pole dragon… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the moths eat up the feathers as well, like the grouse ones Test 11 · ★ of lesson 646 «The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white feathers, a moth army, and a melting dragon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 11 · ★ · The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white…

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did the moths eat up the feathers as well, like the grouse ones

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** moths · **What happens:** eat up · **To what, where:** feathers

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 646 «The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white feathers, a moth army, and a melting dragon» 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/646-pg23661-part14/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:t11:1
# text = did the moths eat up the feathers as well, like the grouse ones
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	moths	moth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	4	advmod	_	_
9	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	grouse	grouse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat up** | present | the moths | the feathers |  |  |  | like the grouse ones | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=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 {#o1}

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yes, the moths ate all the grouse feathers and then the dwarfs as well

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:t11:o1:1
# text = yes, the moths ate all the grouse feathers and then the dwarfs as well
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	moths	moth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	grouse	grouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
14	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	5	advmod	_	_
15	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the moths | all grouse feathers |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, they ate the feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:t11:o2:1
# text = yes, they ate the feathers
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | they | the feathers |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, the moths ate the dwarfs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:t11:o3:1
# text = no, the moths ate the dwarfs
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	moths	moth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the moths | the dwarfs |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, they ate the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:t11:o4:1
# text = no, they ate the snow
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | they | the snow |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snow=Patient |

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