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title: how did the beetle even cross that ditch, like on what? — Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beet… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did the beetle even cross that ditch, like on what? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 799 «Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves his wife, and is rescued from the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves h…

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how did the beetle even cross that ditch, like on what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** cross · **To what, where:** ditch

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 799 «Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves his wife, and is rescued from the sea» 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/799-pg27200-part10/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t2:1
# text = how did the beetle even cross that ditch, like on what?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	beetle	beetle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cross	cross	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | past · do-support |  | that ditch |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ditch=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}

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a cabbage leaf, bruv, which the girls had dropped in the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t2:o1:1
# text = a cabbage leaf, bruv, which the girls had dropped in the water
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past · perfect · passive |  | the girls |  | the water |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme which=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bit of old wood, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t2:o2:1
# text = a bit of old wood, mate
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
some kind of floating twig

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t2:o3:1
# text = some kind of floating twig
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	twig	twig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a cabbage leaf, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t2:o4:1
# text = a cabbage leaf, bruv
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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