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title: Was Rudy chillin' by the telegraph pole, or was he actually thinking? — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Rudy chillin' by the telegraph pole, or was he actually thinking? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 856 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 67: Rudy learns Babette is away and climbs the mountains after her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 67: Rudy learns Bab…

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Was Rudy chillin' by the telegraph pole, or was he actually thinking?

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

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 856 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 67: Rudy learns Babette is away and climbs the mountains after her» 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/856-pg27200-part67/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:t5:1
# text = Was Rudy chillin' by the telegraph pole, or was he actually thinking?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
2	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chillin	chillin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	telegraph	telegraph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | chillin |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «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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He was sitting and talking to a friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:t5:o1:1
# text = He was sitting and talking to a friend
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a friend | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to friend=Co-Agent |

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

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He was thinking hard and standing still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:t5:o2:1
# text = He was thinking hard and standing still
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stand** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was running fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:t5:o3:1
# text = He was running fast
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was counting the poles and waiting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:t5:o4:1
# text = He was counting the poles and waiting
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	waiting	waiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | past · progressive | He | the poles and waiting |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pole=Theme |

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