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title: and the kid just sinks them in a swamp by their tails?? — Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the Kin… · tree and pragmatics
description: and the kid just sinks them in a swamp by their tails?? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 703 «Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 43: the youth hides the pigs and sheep and tricks the herdsman» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 3 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 4…

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and the kid just sinks them in a swamp by their tails??

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** sink · **To what, where:** them, swamp

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 703 «Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 43: the youth hides the pigs and sheep and tricks the herdsman» 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/703-pg2435-part43/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t3:1
# text = and the kid just sinks them in a swamp by their tails??
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sinks	sink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	swamp	swamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | present | the kid | them *= they* |  | a swamp |  | by their tails | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, only the tails poking out of the mud, lowkey genius move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t3:o1:1
# text = yeah, only the tails poking out of the mud, lowkey genius move
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	poking	poke	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poke out** | gerund | the tails *not said here* | the mud and lowkey genius move |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mud=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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nah, he ties them all up and drags them to the far side of the swamp

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t3:o2:1
# text = nah, he ties them all up and drags them to the far side of the swamp
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ties	tie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	drags	drag	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	swamp	swamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | present | he | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **drag** | present | he *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the far side of the swamp |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to side=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, only the tails poking out, lowkey genius

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t3:o3:1
# text = yeah, only the tails poking out, lowkey genius
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	poking	poke	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poke out** | gerund | the tails |  |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, only the heads poking out, lowkey dumb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:t3:o4:1
# text = yeah, only the heads poking out, lowkey dumb
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	poking	poke	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poke out** | gerund | the heads |  |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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