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title: Proper lol, what did the cow do when he tried to milk her? — Grimm's Household Tales, Hans in Luck,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Proper lol, what did the cow do when he tried to milk her? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 727 «Grimm's Household Tales, Hans in Luck, part 3: Hans trades his goose for a grindstone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, Hans in Luck, part 3: Hans trades…

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Proper lol, what did the cow do when he tried to milk her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Proper, he · **What happens:** do, try · **To what, where:** cow, milk

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 727 «Grimm's Household Tales, Hans in Luck, part 3: Hans trades his goose for a grindstone» 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/727-pg2591-part3/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:727-pg2591-part3:t3:1
# text = Proper lol, what did the cow do when he tried to milk her?
1	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	_
2	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the cow |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | Proper |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **try** | past | he | milk |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus milk=Experiencer she=Result |

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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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bit him on the hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:727-pg2591-part3:t3:o1:1
# text = bit him on the hand
1	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past |  | him *= he* |  | the hand |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient on hand=Location |

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

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kicked him on the head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:727-pg2591-part3:t3:o2:1
# text = kicked him on the head
1	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past |  | him *= he* |  | the head |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient on head=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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threw him off and kicked him in the head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:727-pg2591-part3:t3:o3:1
# text = threw him off and kicked him in the head
1	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw off** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **kick** | past |  | him *= he* |  | the head |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in head=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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kicked him on the head and ran off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:727-pg2591-part3:t3:o4:1
# text = kicked him on the head and ran off
1	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past |  | him *= he* |  | the head |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient on head=Location |
| 2 | **run off** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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