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title: is Little Claus proper clever or just lucky? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus a… · tree and pragmatics
description: is Little Claus proper clever or just lucky? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 870 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 81: Great Claus is beaten out of town, kills his own grandmother, and nearly drowns Little Claus, who escapes with a drover's cattle» of the books course of Mova's primary
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 8…

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is Little Claus proper clever or just lucky?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Little Claus · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 870 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 81: Great Claus is beaten out of town, kills his own grandmother, and nearly drowns Little Claus, who escapes with a drover's cattle» 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/870-pg27200-part81/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t10:1
# text = is Little Claus proper clever or just lucky?
1	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Little Claus |  |  |  |  | clever, properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Little Claus *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clever, he tricks Great Claus every time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t10:o1:1
# text = Clever, he tricks Great Claus every time
1	Clever	clever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tricks	trick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | present | he | Great Claus |  |  | time | clever *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claus=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mostly clever, he fools Great Claus a lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t10:o2:1
# text = Mostly clever, he fools Great Claus a lot
1	Mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fools	fool	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Great	Great	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | present | he | Great |  |  |  | a lot *obl:unmarked* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent great=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bit of both, he tricks Great Claus every time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t10:o3:1
# text = Bit of both, he tricks Great Claus every time
1	Bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tricks	trick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | present | he | Bit of both |  |  | time |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claus=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Really clever, he plans everything out carefully and uses the sack, the church and the drover to beat Great Claus every single time

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:870-pg27200-part81:t10:o4:1
# text = Really clever, he plans everything out carefully and uses the sack, the church and the drover to beat Great Claus every single time
1	Really	really	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	plans	plan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	drover	drover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
21	Great	Great	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	Claus	Claus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	flat	_	_
23	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	25	det	_	_
24	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan out** | present | he | everything |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | present | he *not said here* | the sack and the church and the drover |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Patient |
| 3 | **beat** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | Great |  |  | time |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location great=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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