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title: did he just sit around thinking all day? — Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's St… · tree and pragmatics
description: did he just sit around thinking all day? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 938 «Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wise man in a crystal castle fears death and teaches his children about the philosopher's stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wis…

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did he just sit around thinking all day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** do, sit around, think

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 938 «Andersen's Tales, The Philosopher's Stone, part 149: a wise man in a crystal castle fears death and teaches his children about the philosopher's stone» 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/938-pg27200-part149/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t9:1
# text = did he just sit around thinking all day?
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	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 | **sit around** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Mostly, yeah, he read books

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t9:o1:1
# text = Mostly, yeah, he read books
1	Mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | he | books |  |  |  | mostly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mostly, yeah, deep stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t9:o2:1
# text = Mostly, yeah, deep stuff
1	Mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, he also went out hunting and fishing with his sons in the valley

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t9:o3:1
# text = No, he also went out hunting and fishing with his sons in the valley
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	fishing	fish	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hunt** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fish** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with his sons in the valley | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mostly, he reads and reflects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:938-pg27200-part149:t9:o4:1
# text = Mostly, he reads and reflects
1	Mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	reflects	reflect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | he |  |  |  |  | mostly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reflect** | present | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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