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title: So what did the mouse-king put up for the missing mouse? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sa… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what did the mouse-king put up for the missing mouse? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 989 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 1: four mice set out to learn how to make soup, and one of them meets elves at a Maypole dance» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 1…

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So what did the mouse-king put up for the missing mouse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, put up · **To what, where:** mouse king

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 989 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 1: four mice set out to learn how to make soup, and one of them meets elves at a Maypole dance» 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/989-pg27200-part200/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t5:1
# text = So what did the mouse-king put up for the missing mouse?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the mouse king |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality |
| 2 | **put up** | participle |  | the mouse king *not said here* |  |  |  | for the missing mouse | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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a wooden cross of black

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t5:o1:1
# text = a wooden cross of black
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a tall skewer wrapped in black crape and hung with a bell for the lost mouse

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t5:o2:1
# text = a tall skewer wrapped in black crape and hung with a bell for the lost mouse
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	skewer	skewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	crape	crape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
9	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | participle |  | a tall skewer *not said here* |  | black crape |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in crape=Destination |
| 2 | **hang** | past | a tall skewer |  |  |  |  | with a bell; for the lost mouse | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a skewer covered in crape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t5:o3:1
# text = a skewer covered in crape
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	skewer	skewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	crape	crape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  | a skewer *not said here* |  |  |  | in crape | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in crape=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a sausage skewer draped in black crape and set by the candle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t5:o4:1
# text = a sausage skewer draped in black crape and set by the candle
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	skewer	skewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	draped	drape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	crape	crape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drape** | participle |  | a sausage skewer *not said here* |  | black crape |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in crape=Destination |
| 2 | **set** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the candle | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by candle=Destination |

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