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title: Did the snail, like, actually wanna help the world or nah? — Andersen's Tales, A Story from the San… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the snail, like, actually wanna help the world or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 961 «Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a young Spanish couple sails toward Russia, but calm weather and then a storm blow their ship north» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a y…

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Did the snail, like, actually wanna help the world or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** help · **To what, where:** world

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 961 «Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a young Spanish couple sails toward Russia, but calm weather and then a storm blow their ship north» 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/961-pg27200-part172/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t1:1
# text = Did the snail, like, actually wanna help the world or nah?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	dep	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past · do-support |  | the world |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Beneficiary |

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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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nah, he was totally bothered and wanted to help everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t1:o1:1
# text = nah, he was totally bothered and wanted to help everyone
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	bothered	bother	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bother** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **want** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Beneficiary |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he was totally not bothered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t1:o2:1
# text = nah, he was totally not bothered
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
5	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	bothered	bother	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bother** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he really wanted to help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah, he really wanted to help
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	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	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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yeah, he wanted to help the world, but he got scared and went home instead

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah, he wanted to help the world, but he got scared and went home instead
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	home	home	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the world |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **get** | past | he |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **go** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home, instead *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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