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title: ngl the lake in that dream was lowkey wild, what was it doing? — Andersen's Tales, The Storks: Helga be… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the lake in that dream was lowkey wild, what was it doing? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 895 «Andersen's Tales, The Storks: Helga becomes a swan, flies to Egypt, and wakes her grandfather» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Storks: Helga becomes a swan, flies…

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ngl the lake in that dream was lowkey wild, what was it doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ngl, lake · **What happens:** be, do

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 895 «Andersen's Tales, The Storks: Helga becomes a swan, flies to Egypt, and wakes her grandfather» 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/895-pg27200-part106/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:t2:1
# text = ngl the lake in that dream was lowkey wild, what was it doing?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | ngl |  |  |  |  | wild *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past · progressive | lake |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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dashing and rolling like the sea in a great storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:t2:o1:1
# text = dashing and rolling like the sea in a great storm
1	dashing	dash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dash** | gerund |  |  |  | a great storm |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in storm=Trajectory |
| 2 | **roll** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | like the sea | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dashing like the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:t2:o2:1
# text = dashing like the sea
1	dashing	dash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dash** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | like the sea | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dashing like the sea and crashing against the rocks below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:t2:o3:1
# text = dashing like the sea and crashing against the rocks below
1	dashing	dash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	crashing	crash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	below	below	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dash** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | like the sea | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **crash** | gerund |  |  |  | the rocks |  | below *property* | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against rock=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
boiling like a pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:t2:o4:1
# text = boiling like a pot
1	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | like a pot | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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