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title: wait the nettle stung the professor cause he clapped on it, how dumb… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's F… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wait the nettle stung the professor cause he clapped on it, how dumb is that

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nettle, professor · **What happens:** wait, be, cause, clap · **To what, where:** nettle

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 873 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball» 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/873-pg27200-part84/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t10:1
# text = wait the nettle stung the professor cause he clapped on it, how dumb is that
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nettle	nettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stung	sting	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	professor	professor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	clapped	clap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
14	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | infinitive | the nettle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the nettle |  |  |  |  | sting *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cause** | present | the professor |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **clap** | past | professor |  |  | nettle |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location |

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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 -->
yeah he did not like the nettle saying nice things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t10:o1:1
# text = yeah he did not like the nettle saying nice things
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nettle	nettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
9	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | he | the nettle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | gerund | he *not said here* | nice things |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah he clapped on it because the nettle said nice things about his wife and the carnation at the back of the garden bed

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t10:o2:1
# text = nah he clapped on it because the nettle said nice things about his wife and the carnation at the back of the garden bed
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	clapped	clap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nettle	nettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	carnation	carnation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clap** | past | he |  |  | it |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the nettle | nice things |  | the back of the garden bed |  | about nettle's wife and the carnation | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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yeah he did not like the nettle saying nice things so it stung him as soon as he touched the leaves

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t10:o3:1
# text = yeah he did not like the nettle saying nice things so it stung him as soon as he touched the leaves
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nettle	nettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
9	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	stung	sting	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	as	as	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
17	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | he | the nettle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | gerund | he *not said here* | nice things |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |
| 3 | **sting** | past | nettle | him *= he* |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 4 | **touch** | past | he | the leaves |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme leaf=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah he hated the nettle telling him rude secrets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t10:o4:1
# text = yeah he hated the nettle telling him rude secrets
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hated	hate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nettle	nettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | past | he | the nettle |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nettle=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | the nettle *not said here* | rude secrets | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient secret=Topic |

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