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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 50:…

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When the goloshes came off, what did the soul do, like, instantly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** goloshes, soul · **What happens:** come off, do

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 839 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 50: the watchman's soul visits the moon, then a volunteer's head sticks in the hospital railings» 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/839-pg27200-part50/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t4:1
# text = When the goloshes came off, what did the soul do, like, instantly?
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	goloshes	golosh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
5	off	off	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come off** | past | the goloshes |  |  |  |  | off *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | present | the soul |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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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Raced straight back down to the sleeping body lying in the watchbox at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t4:o1:1
# text = Raced straight back down to the sleeping body lying in the watchbox at dawn
1	Raced	race	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	watchbox	watchbox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **race** | participle |  |  |  | the sleeping body |  | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to body=Destination |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | the sleeping body *not said here* |  |  | the watchbox | dawn |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in watchbox=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Floated off over the rooftops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t4:o2:1
# text = Floated off over the rooftops
1	Floated	float	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rooftops	rooftop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float off** | participle |  |  |  | the rooftops |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over rooftop=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shot back into the body as soon as the goloshes were pulled off and dropped

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t4:o3:1
# text = Shot back into the body as soon as the goloshes were pulled off and dropped
1	Shot	shot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	goloshes	golosh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shot back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the body |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull off** | past · passive |  | the goloshes |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 3 | **drop** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Raced straight back to the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t4:o4:1
# text = Raced straight back to the body
1	Raced	race	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **race** | participle |  |  |  | the body |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to body=Destination |

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