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title: Honestly, why did the wife hide the kid from her hubby? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics
description: Honestly, why did the wife hide the kid from her hubby? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 889 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 100: the storks fly south, the Viking feasts and sails away again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10…

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Honestly, why did the wife hide the kid from her hubby?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** hide · **To what, where:** kid, hubby

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 889 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 100: the storks fly south, the Viking feasts and sails away again» 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/889-pg27200-part100/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:889-pg27200-part100:t8:1
# text = Honestly, why did the wife hide the kid from her hubby?
1	Honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	hubby	hubby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · do-support | the wife | the kid |  | wife's hubby |  | honestly *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent kid=Patient from hubby=Beneficiary |

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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}

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He'd dump it on the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:889-pg27200-part100:t8:o1:1
# text = He'd dump it on the road
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	dump	dump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dump** | would | He | it |  | the road |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme on road=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He'd give it away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:889-pg27200-part100:t8:o2:1
# text = He'd give it away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give away** | would | He | it |  |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He'd leave it on the road for the wolves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:889-pg27200-part100:t8:o3:1
# text = He'd leave it on the road for the wolves
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | would | He | it |  | the road |  | for the wolves | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on road=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He'd drop it in the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:889-pg27200-part100:t8:o4:1
# text = He'd drop it in the river
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|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	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | would | He | it |  | the river |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in river=Destination |

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