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title: Why were the goloshes dead handy, honest? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why were the goloshes dead handy, honest? Test 9 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 50:…

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Why were the goloshes dead handy, honest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** goloshes · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t9:1
# text = Why were the goloshes dead handy, honest?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	goloshes	golosh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	handy	handy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the goloshes |  |  |  |  | handy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the goloshes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

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Because the streets were still mucky and he did not want to get his boots dirty

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t9:o1:1
# text = Because the streets were still mucky and he did not want to get his boots dirty
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	mucky	mucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the streets |  |  |  | still | mucky *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | his boots |  |  |  | dirty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boot=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The streets were still mucky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t9:o2:1
# text = The streets were still mucky
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mucky	mucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the streets |  |  |  | still | mucky *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The streets were still mucky from the rain and the carts from the night before

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t9:o3:1
# text = The streets were still mucky from the rain and the carts from the night before
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mucky	mucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
15	before	before	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the streets |  |  | the rain and the carts | still; night | mucky *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The roads were full of mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:839-pg27200-part50:t9:o4:1
# text = The roads were full of mud
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the roads |  |  |  |  | of mud; full *property* | tree rules |

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