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title: bro why'd she set her bed on fire tho? — Andersen, Something, part 199: the cri… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro why'd she set her bed on fire tho? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 988 «Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's gate, and old Margaret's burning bed saves the skaters» 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 3 · ★ · Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro why'd she set her bed on fire tho?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** set · **To what, where:** bed, fire tho

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 988 «Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's gate, and old Margaret's burning bed saves the skaters» 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/988-pg27200-part199/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:t3:1
# text = bro why'd she set her bed on fire tho?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	tho	tho	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | would | she | her bed |  | fire tho |  | bro *vocative* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent bed=Theme on tho=Destination |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to cook some dinner for the skaters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:t3:o1:1
# text = to cook some dinner for the skaters
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cook	cook	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	skaters	skater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | to-infinitive |  | some dinner |  |  |  | for the skaters | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent dinner=Product for skater=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to call the whole village out to watch the big storm coming over the hills

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:t3:o2:1
# text = to call the whole village out to watch the big storm coming over the hills
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | to-infinitive |  | the whole village |  |  |  | out *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent village=Recipient |
| 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive |  | the big storm |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme |
| 3 | **come** | gerund | the big storm *not said here* |  |  | the hills |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over hill=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the critic could see the light from the gate in heaven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:t3:o3:1
# text = so the critic could see the light from the gate in heaven
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	critic	critic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | could | the critic | the light |  | the gate in heaven |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to warn the skaters about the storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:t3:o4:1
# text = to warn the skaters about the storm
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	skaters	skater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  | the skaters |  |  |  | about the storm | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent skater=Recipient about storm=Topic |

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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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