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title: Wait, what did John grab to go down the stairs? — Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what did John grab to go down the stairs? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 651 «Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: John finds a dragon in the dungeon and chains it up with his baby as a pledge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 3 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: Jo…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, what did John grab to go down the stairs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, John · **What happens:** wait, grab, go down · **To what, where:** stairs

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 651 «Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: John finds a dragon in the dungeon and chains it up with his baby as a pledge» 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/651-pg23661-part19/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t3:1
# text = Wait, what did John grab to go down the stairs?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	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 | **grab** | past · do-support | John |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go down** | to-infinitive | John *not said here* | the stairs |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient stair=Extent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a spade, a torch and a bucket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t3:o1:1
# text = a spade, a torch and a bucket
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spade	spade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a shovel, a hammer and a lantern

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t3:o2:1
# text = a shovel, a hammer and a lantern
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shovel	shovel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lantern	lantern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a hammer, a basket of coal, a rope and a candle lamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t3:o3:1
# text = a hammer, a basket of coal, a rope and a candle lamp
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a shovel, a sack of rivets and a heavy iron lantern

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t3:o4:1
# text = a shovel, a sack of rivets and a heavy iron lantern
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shovel	shovel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rivets	rivet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	lantern	lantern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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