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title: was the student freaking out during the fire? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goblin and… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the student freaking out during the fire? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 834 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goblin and the Huckster: the fire breaks out and the goblin saves the student's book» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goblin and the Huckster: the f…

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was the student freaking out during the fire?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** student · **What happens:** be, freak out · **To what, where:** student

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 834 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goblin and the Huckster: the fire breaks out and the goblin saves the student's book» 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/834-pg27200-part45/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:834-pg27200-part45:t7:1
# text = was the student freaking out during the fire?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	freaking	freak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the student |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **freak out** | gerund | the student *not said here* |  |  |  | during the fire |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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nah, he was just staring calm at the flames

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:834-pg27200-part45:t7:o1:1
# text = nah, he was just staring calm at the flames
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | at the flames; calm *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at flame=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah, he screamed at the smoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:834-pg27200-part45:t7:o2:1
# text = yeah, he screamed at the smoke
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	screamed	scream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | he |  |  | the smoke |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at smoke=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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no, he hid under the bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:834-pg27200-part45:t7:o3:1
# text = no, he hid under the bed
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | he |  |  | the bed |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under bed=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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nah, he was just staring calm at the flames from the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:834-pg27200-part45:t7:o4:1
# text = nah, he was just staring calm at the flames from the window
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | from the window; at the flames; calm *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at flame=Theme |

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