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title: Mate, why was the slate proper gutted, though? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, why was the slate proper gutted, though? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 926 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie the Dream-God, part 137: the dream-man decorates Hjalmar's room and sails him to his nurse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie the Dream-God, part 13…

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Mate, why was the slate proper gutted, though?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, gut · **To what, where:** slate

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 926 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Ole-Luk-Oie the Dream-God, part 137: the dream-man decorates Hjalmar's room and sails him to his nurse» 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/926-pg27200-part137/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:t2:1
# text = Mate, why was the slate proper gutted, though?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	slate	slate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	though	though	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 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **gut** | participle · passive |  | the slate |  |  |  | Mate *obl*; properly, though *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |

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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 -->
a sum with no answer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:t2:o1:1
# text = a sum with no answer
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a false number written in the sum by Hjalmar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:t2:o2:1
# text = a false number written in the sum by Hjalmar
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Hjalmar	Hjalmar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  | a false number *not said here* |  | the sum |  | by Hjalmar | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in sum=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a rubbed out sum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:t2:o3:1
# text = a rubbed out sum
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub out** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a false number in the sum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:926-pg27200-part137:t2:o4:1
# text = a false number in the sum
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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