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title: Bruh, why did Mr. de Boots knock stuff over? — Andersen's Tales, The Old Bachelor's N… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, why did Mr. de Boots knock stuff over? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 915 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap, part 126: a silly pretend play, then the strange street of pepper clerks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap, part 126: a…

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Bruh, why did Mr. de Boots knock stuff over?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mr. Boots · **What happens:** knock over · **To what, where:** stuff

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 915 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap, part 126: a silly pretend play, then the strange street of pepper clerks» 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/915-pg27200-part126/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:t2:1
# text = Bruh, why did Mr. de Boots knock stuff over?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	Boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	knock	knock	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock over** | present | Mr. Boots | stuff |  |  |  | over *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |

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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}

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He got angry when the clerks argued

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:t2:o1:1
# text = He got angry when the clerks argued
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	clerks	clerk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | He |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | the clerks |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He heard a loud noise from outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:t2:o2:1
# text = He heard a loud noise from outside
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | He | a loud noise |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent noise=Topic from outside=Source |

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

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He kicked up when he heard the Waistcoat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:t2:o3:1
# text = He kicked up when he heard the Waistcoat
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Waistcoat	waistcoat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick up** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **hear** | past | he | the Waistcoat |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer waistcoat=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He got bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:915-pg27200-part126:t2:o4:1
# text = He got bored
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | He |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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