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title: what did the neighbours reckon about the old house getting knocked d… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House:… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the neighbours reckon about the old house getting knocked down? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 922 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found again in a new garden» 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 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldie…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did the neighbours reckon about the old house getting knocked down?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** neighbours, old house · **What happens:** do, reckon, get, knock down

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 922 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found again in a new garden» 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/922-pg27200-part133/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:t5:1
# text = what did the neighbours reckon about the old house getting knocked down?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	knocked	knock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	xcomp	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reckon** | present | the neighbours |  |  |  |  | about the old house | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get** | gerund | the old house *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **knock down** | participle | the old house *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=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 -->
We never liked that dreadful house with its broken windows and we are glad it is finally gone

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:t5:o1:1
# text = We never liked that dreadful house with its broken windows and we are glad it is finally gone
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
5	dreadful	dreadful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** | past | We | that dreadful house |  |  |  | with house's broken windows | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot house=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | we |  |  |  |  | glad *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | house |  |  |  |  | finally, go *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Finally, no more eyesore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:t5:o2:1
# text = Finally, no more eyesore
1	Finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	no	no	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	eyesore	eyesore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our gardens will look much better now that such an ugly eyesore has been cleared away

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:t5:o3:1
# text = Our gardens will look much better now that such an ugly eyesore has been cleared away
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
9	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	12	det:predet	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	eyesore	eyesore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	cleared	clear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | future | Our gardens |  |  |  | now | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **clear away** | present · perfect · passive |  | such ugly eyesore |  |  |  | away *property* | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"What a good riddance"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:t5:o4:1
# text = "What a good riddance"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	riddance	riddance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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