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title: lowkey, did the ship just sink out of nowhere? — Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the E… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey, did the ship just sink out of nowhere? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 968 «Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179: the shipwreck and Clara's death» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 4 · ★ · Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179…

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lowkey, did the ship just sink out of nowhere?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lowkey · **What happens:** sink

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 968 «Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179: the shipwreck and Clara's death» 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/968-pg27200-part179/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t4:1
# text = lowkey, did the ship just sink out of nowhere?
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sink	sink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | past · do-support | lowkey |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a plank broke and water came in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t4:o1:1
# text = a plank broke and water came in
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | a plank |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **come in** | past | water |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the mast snapped in half

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t4:o2:1
# text = the mast snapped in half
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mast	mast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | past | the mast |  |  | half |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in half=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a huge wave slammed the deck and a plank cracked open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t4:o3:1
# text = a huge wave slammed the deck and a plank cracked open
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	slammed	slam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	deck	deck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	cracked	crack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slam** | participle | a huge wave and a plank *not said here* | the deck |  |  |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deck=Patient |
| 2 | **crack** | participle |  | a huge wave and a plank *not said here* |  |  |  | open *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the hull split on a hidden reef and water rushed in fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t4:o4:1
# text = the hull split on a hidden reef and water rushed in fast
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hull	hull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	reef	reef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	rushed	rush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | participle | the hull |  |  | a hidden reef and water |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **rush in** | participle |  | a hidden reef and water *not said here* |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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