--- title: so the kids get grounded or what at the end, lol — The Magic City, the North Pole dragon… · tree and pragmatics description: so the kids get grounded or what at the end, lol Test 9 · ★ 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 of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/646-pg23661-part14/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Magic City, the North Pole dragon…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/646-pg23661-part14/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white… so the kids get grounded or what at the end, lol **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** ground · **To what, where:** kids This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:t9:1 # text = so the kids get grounded or what at the end, lol 1 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 get get AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 grounded ground VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 12 lol lol INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ground** | present · passive | | the kids | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: subject=Destination | 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} they stayed up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:t9:o1:1 # text = they stayed up 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay up** | past | they | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} they were sent to bed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:t9:o2:1 # text = they were sent to bed 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · passive | | they | | bed | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to bed=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} they got a telling off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:t9:o3:1 # text = they got a telling off 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 telling telling NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get off** | past | they | a telling | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer telling=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} no ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:t9:o4:1 # text = no 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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