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title: Bruv, why did the thistles diss the little plant, innit? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from He… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why did the thistles diss the little plant, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 847 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plant is lost and a king grieves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plan…

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Bruv, why did the thistles diss the little plant, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** thistles · **What happens:** do, diss, innit · **To what, where:** little plant

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 847 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plant is lost and a king grieves» 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/847-pg27200-part58/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:t1:1
# text = Bruv, why did the thistles diss the little plant, innit?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thistles	thistle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	diss	diss	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **diss** | present | the thistles | the little plant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive | the thistles *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 {#o1}

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Cos it was new and they reckoned it was a rubbish shoot that would never grow up big

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:t1:o1:1
# text = Cos it was new and they reckoned it was a rubbish shoot that would never grow up big
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	shoot	shoot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl:relcl	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | new *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **reckon** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | it | a rubbish shoot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **grow up** | would | a rubbish shoot |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cos it was dead and they reckoned it was a bit rubbish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:t1:o2:1
# text = Cos it was dead and they reckoned it was a bit rubbish
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	csubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **reckon** | past | they | it |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Attribute |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | bit rubbish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Cos it was new and they reckoned it was a rubbish shoot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:t1:o3:1
# text = Cos it was new and they reckoned it was a rubbish shoot
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	advcl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	shoot	shoot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | new *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **reckon** | past | they | it |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Attribute |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | a rubbish shoot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos it was late and they reckoned it was dead weed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:t1:o4:1
# text = Cos it was late and they reckoned it was dead weed
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	weed	weed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **reckon** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | it | dead weed |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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