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title: yo, why'd they yank the church bell down, bruh? — Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell:… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, why'd they yank the church bell down, bruh? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 919 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell: a cracked bell is sold, melted, and cast into a statue of a poet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell: a cracked bell is s…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo, why'd they yank the church bell down, bruh?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** yank · **To what, where:** church bell

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 919 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell: a cracked bell is sold, melted, and cast into a statue of a poet» 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/919-pg27200-part130/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:t1:1
# text = yo, why'd they yank the church bell down, bruh?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	yank	yank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yank** | present | they | the church bell |  |  |  | down *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bell=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The town wanted the copper for a statue and the crack made it worthless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:t1:o1:1
# text = The town wanted the copper for a statue and the crack made it worthless
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	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	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	worthless	worthless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the town | the copper |  |  |  | for a statue | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot copper=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | the crack | copper |  |  |  | worthless *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because the crack made it useless and the council wanted a new bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:t1:o2:1
# text = Because the crack made it useless and the council wanted a new bell
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the crack | it |  |  |  | useless *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 2 | **want** | past | the council | a new bell |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bell=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They needed the metal for a statue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:t1:o3:1
# text = They needed the metal for a statue
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past | They | the metal |  |  |  | for a statue | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot metal=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It had a crack and could not chime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:t1:o4:1
# text = It had a crack and could not chime
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	chime	chime	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | It | a crack |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crack=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **chime** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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