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title: Who lit the do, the ants or the glow-worms? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Fami… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who lit the do, the ants or the glow-worms? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 846 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails find a wife for their adopted son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails f…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who lit the do, the ants or the glow-worms?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** light · **To what, where:** do

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 846 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Happy Family: two old snails find a wife for their adopted son» 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/846-pg27200-part57/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t8:1
# text = Who lit the do, the ants or the glow-worms?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	do	do	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	appos	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	glow	glow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | past |  | the do |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent do=Product |

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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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The glow-worms lit it, six of them hanging from the burdock leaves all night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t8:o1:1
# text = The glow-worms lit it, six of them hanging from the burdock leaves all night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	glow	glow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	csubj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	burdock	burdock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | past | the glow worms | it |  |  |  | six of them *obl* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |
| 2 | **hang** | gerund |  |  |  | the burdock |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **leave** | present | hanging |  |  |  | night |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The ants, the gnats and the glow-worms all lit it together with their little lamps

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t8:o2:1
# text = The ants, the gnats and the glow-worms all lit it together with their little lamps
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gnats	gnat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	glow	glow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
11	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	lit	lit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	together	together	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | present | the ants and the gnats and the glow worms | it |  |  |  | with ants's little lamps; all, together *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Six glow-worms lit it up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t8:o3:1
# text = Six glow-worms lit it up
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
2	glow	glow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light up** | past | Six glow worms | it |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Four fireflies lit it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:846-pg27200-part57:t8:o4:1
# text = Four fireflies lit it
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	fireflies	firefly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | past | Four fireflies | it |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |

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