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title: Bruh, what was going on with the candles? — pg27200, Jurgen: a man with a broken m… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, what was going on with the candles? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 969 «pg27200, Jurgen: a man with a broken mind is taken into a sand-buried church where the dead hold his wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 7 · ★ · pg27200, Jurgen: a man with a broken mind is taken into a…

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Bruh, what was going on with the candles?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** go on

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 969 «pg27200, Jurgen: a man with a broken mind is taken into a sand-buried church where the dead hold his wedding» 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/969-pg27200-part180/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:969-pg27200-part180:t7:1
# text = Bruh, what was going on with the candles?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | with the candles | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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They lit up one by one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:969-pg27200-part180:t7:o1:1
# text = They lit up one by one
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light up** | past | They | one |  |  |  | by one | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They lit up one by one, as if invisible hands were striking matches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:969-pg27200-part180:t7:o2:1
# text = They lit up one by one, as if invisible hands were striking matches
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	striking	strike	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
14	matches	match	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light up** | past | They | one |  |  |  | by one | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Product |
| 2 | **strike** | past · progressive | invisible hands | matches |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They burned all night long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:969-pg27200-part180:t7:o3:1
# text = They burned all night long
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past | They |  |  |  | night | long *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They flickered in the wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:969-pg27200-part180:t7:o4:1
# text = They flickered in the wind
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flickered	flicker	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flicker** | past | They |  |  | the wind |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wind=Location |

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