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title: that Big Claus is so sus lol — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus a… · tree and pragmatics
description: that Big Claus is so sus lol Test 2 · ★ of lesson 868 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1: Big Claus kills Little Claus's only horse, and Little Claus climbs onto a shed roof to watch a feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that Big Claus is so sus lol

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Big Claus · **What happens:** be

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 868 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1: Big Claus kills Little Claus's only horse, and Little Claus climbs onto a shed roof to watch a feast» 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/868-pg27200-part79/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t2:1
# text = that Big Claus is so sus lol
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	Big	Big	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Big Claus |  |  |  |  | suspect *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr he hits the horse with a hammer and it dies right there on the road, then he sells the skin

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t2:o1:1
# text = fr he hits the horse with a hammer and it dies right there on the road, then he sells the skin
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hits	hit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | present | fr | the horse |  |  |  | with a hammer | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent horse=Patient with hammer=Instrument |
| 2 | **die** | present | horse |  |  | the road; there |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **sell** | present | fr | the skin |  |  | then |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr he sells the horse to the butcher in town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t2:o2:1
# text = fr he sells the horse to the butcher in town
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	butcher	butcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | fr | the horse | the butcher in town |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to butcher=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr he kills the horse with a hammer and then pretends it was an accident when the neighbors ask him questions

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t2:o3:1
# text = fr he kills the horse with a hammer and then pretends it was an accident when the neighbors ask him questions
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	pretends	pretend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	ccomp	_	_
16	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	19	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	neighbors	neighbor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present | fr | the horse |  |  |  | with a hammer | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent horse=Patient with hammer=Instrument |
| 2 | **pretend** | present | fr *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | past | horse | a accident |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the neighbors | questions | fr |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr he hits the horse with a hammer and it's dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t2:o4:1
# text = fr he hits the horse with a hammer and it's dead
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hits	hit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | present | fr | the horse |  |  |  | with a hammer | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent horse=Patient with hammer=Instrument |
| 2 | **is** | present | horse |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |

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