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title: what did annette spill that she should have kept quiet? — Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an av… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did annette spill that she should have kept quiet? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 855 «Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the uncle, and Rudy becomes the family's hunter and guide» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the un…

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what did annette spill that she should have kept quiet?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** annette · **What happens:** spill, keep

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 855 «Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the uncle, and Rudy becomes the family's hunter and guide» 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/855-pg27200-part66/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t9:1
# text = what did annette spill that she should have kept quiet?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	annette	annette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spill	spill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
9	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spill** | past · do-support | annette |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | should · perfect | annette |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that rudy kissed her in the dance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t9:o1:1
# text = that rudy kissed her in the dance
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	rudy	rudy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | past | that rudy | her *= she* |  | the dance |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that rudy had a girl already

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t9:o2:1
# text = that rudy had a girl already
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	rudy	rudy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	already	already	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | that rudy | a girl |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that rudy likes the goat girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t9:o3:1
# text = that rudy likes the goat girl
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	rudy	rudy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | that rudy | the goat girl |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot girl=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that rudy kissed her in the dance at the inn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t9:o4:1
# text = that rudy kissed her in the dance at the inn
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	rudy	rudy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | past | that rudy | her *= she* |  | the dance |  | at the inn | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |

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