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title: Did the lizard just chill in his skull, or what? — Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the lizard just chill in his skull, or what? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 954 «Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young artist becomes a monk, doubts his faith, dies, and centuries later his marble Psyche is dug up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young artist becomes a mon…

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Did the lizard just chill in his skull, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, chill · **To what, where:** lizard, skull

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 954 «Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young artist becomes a monk, doubts his faith, dies, and centuries later his marble Psyche is dug up» 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/954-pg27200-part165/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:t5:1
# text = Did the lizard just chill in his skull, or what?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	chill	chill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	skull	skull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the lizard |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Eventuality |
| 2 | **chill** | present |  |  |  | his skull |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It glided in and out of the eye holes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:t5:o1:1
# text = It glided in and out of the eye holes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	glided	glide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glide** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It sat in the mouth for hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:t5:o2:1
# text = It sat in the mouth for hours
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | It |  |  | the mouth | hour |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in mouth=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It crawled out of the nose hole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:t5:o3:1
# text = It crawled out of the nose hole
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crawled	crawl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | past | It |  |  | the nose hole |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out hole=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It hid in the teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:t5:o4:1
# text = It hid in the teeth
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | It |  |  | the teeth |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tooth=Location |

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