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title: was the sweep's face all black with soot, or nah? — Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the sweep's face all black with soot, or nah? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 907 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 118: the Moon shows a guilty girl, a boy at a spinning wheel, a mother's belief, and a chimney sweep's first sunrise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 118: the Moon sh…

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was the sweep's face all black with soot, or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** face

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 907 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 118: the Moon shows a guilty girl, a boy at a spinning wheel, a mother's belief, and a chimney sweep's first sunrise» 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/907-pg27200-part118/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:t13:1
# text = was the sweep's face all black with soot, or nah?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sweep	sweep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	csubj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	soot	soot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the sweep's face |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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yeah, it was pretty blacked up with soot from the chimney all over his face

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:t13:o1:1
# text = yeah, it was pretty blacked up with soot from the chimney all over his face
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	blacked	black	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	soot	soot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	all	all	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **black up** | past · passive |  | it |  | his face |  | with soot from the chimney; pretty *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with soot=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it was smudged all over with grime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:t13:o2:1
# text = yeah, it was smudged all over with grime
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	smudged	smudge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	grime	grime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smudge** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | with grime; over *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with grime=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it was pretty blacked up with soot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:t13:o3:1
# text = yeah, it was pretty blacked up with soot
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	blacked	black	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	soot	soot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **black up** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | with soot; pretty *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with soot=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it was covered in dark soot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:t13:o4:1
# text = yeah, it was covered in dark soot
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	soot	soot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | in dark soot | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in soot=Theme |

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