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title: Lowkey, what did the forest mice think about the soup idea? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, what did the forest mice think about the soup idea? Test 6 · ★ 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 depend
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 1…

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Lowkey, what did the forest mice think about the soup idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lowkey, mice · **What happens:** do, think · **To what, where:** forest

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t6:1
# text = Lowkey, what did the forest mice think about the soup idea?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Lowkey | the forest |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Eventuality |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | mice | the forest *not said here* |  |  |  | about the soup idea | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot forest=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 {#o1}

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that the soup problem could never be solved by any mouse living at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t6:o1:1
# text = that the soup problem could never be solved by any mouse living at all
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	solved	solve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **solve** | could · passive | any mouse | the soup problem |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |
| 2 | **live** | gerund | any mouse *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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nobody knew the answer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t6:o2:1
# text = nobody knew the answer
1	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | nobody | the answer |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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it could never be solved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t6:o3:1
# text = it could never be solved
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	solved	solve	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** **solve** | could · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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it was far too hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:t6:o4:1
# text = it was far too hard
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | far, hard *property* | tree rules |

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