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title: bruh why did the lamp just drop in the dark, was that on purpose? — Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Fri… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh why did the lamp just drop in the dark, was that on purpose? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 831 «Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 3 · ★ · Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three frien…

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bruh why did the lamp just drop in the dark, was that on purpose?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, drop, be · **To what, where:** lamp, dark, purpose

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 831 «Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed» 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/831-pg27200-part42/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:t3:1
# text = bruh why did the lamp just drop in the dark, was that on purpose?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	drop	drop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the lamp |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Eventuality |
| 2 | **drop** | present |  |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  | purpose |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
Nope, somebody bumped the table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:t3:o1:1
# text = Nope, somebody bumped the table
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bumped	bump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bump** | past | somebody | the table |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Accident, they were kissing and it fell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:t3:o2:1
# text = Accident, they were kissing and it fell
1	Accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	kissing	kiss	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fall** | past | Accident |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On purpose, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:t3:o3:1
# text = On purpose, lol
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, Inge knocked it over, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah, Inge knocked it over, lol
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Inge	Inge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock over** | past | Inge | it |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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