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title: was the beetle's ship just a busted old clog, proper? — Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beet… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the beetle's ship just a busted old clog, proper? Test 4 · ★ 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; Mo
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves h…

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was the beetle's ship just a busted old clog, proper?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, bust · **To what, where:** ship

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t4:1
# text = was the beetle's ship just a busted old clog, proper?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	beetle	beetle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	csubj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	busted	bust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	clog	clog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the beetle's ship |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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yeah, a rotten wooden plank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah, a rotten wooden plank
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	rotten	rotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, a sturdy metal bucket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t4:o2:1
# text = nah, a sturdy metal bucket
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	sturdy	sturdy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a knackered wooden shoe that had been tossed in the ditch by a farmer years ago

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t4:o3:1
# text = yeah, a knackered wooden shoe that had been tossed in the ditch by a farmer years ago
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	knackered	knacker	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	tossed	toss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
18	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knacker** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **toss** | past · perfect · passive |  | a knackered wooden shoe |  | the ditch | year |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in ditch=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a knackered wooden shoe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:t4:o4:1
# text = yeah, a knackered wooden shoe
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	knackered	knacker	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knacker** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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