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title: Haha, what's that old house's dragon doing wrong? — Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Haha, what's that old house's dragon doing wrong? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 920 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old grave-stone is remembered, and a new tale begins with an old house and a leaking dragon gutter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old g…

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Haha, what's that old house's dragon doing wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dragon · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** dragon

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 920 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old grave-stone is remembered, and a new tale begins with an old house and a leaking dragon gutter» 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/920-pg27200-part131/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t10:1
# text = Haha, what's that old house's dragon doing wrong?
1	Haha	haha	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	wrong	wrong	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | that old house's dragon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | that old house's dragon *not said here* |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Rain pours out of its mouth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t10:o1:1
# text = Rain pours out of its mouth
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pours	pour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour out** | present | Rain | Rain's mouth |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It spits fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t10:o2:1
# text = It spits fire
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spits	spit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spit** | present | It | fire |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fire=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its water leaks from its tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t10:o3:1
# text = Its water leaks from its tail
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leaks	leak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leak** | present | Its water |  |  | water's tail |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from tail=Source |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Its rain leaks out of its body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t10:o4:1
# text = Its rain leaks out of its body
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leaks	leak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leak out** | present | Its rain | rain's body |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location body=Source |
| 2 | **rain** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom rain «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

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