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title: yo, did the mouse really make a maypole out of a sausage stick? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sa… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, did the mouse really make a maypole out of a sausage stick? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 990 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 201: the elves' glittering maypole and feast, the violet staff and noisy kitchen, then the second mouse sets out to become a poet» of the books course of
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 2…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo, did the mouse really make a maypole out of a sausage stick?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** make · **To what, where:** maypole, sausage stick

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 990 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 201: the elves' glittering maypole and feast, the violet staff and noisy kitchen, then the second mouse sets out to become a poet» 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/990-pg27200-part201/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t1:1
# text = yo, did the mouse really make a maypole out of a sausage stick?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	maypole	maypole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · do-support |  | a maypole |  | a sausage stick |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset maypole=Product |

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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 -->
nah, just a stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t1:o1:1
# text = nah, just a stick
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, elves carved it from wood, lol sus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t1:o2:1
# text = nah, elves carved it from wood, lol sus
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	elves	elf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carved	carve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	_
10	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | past | elves | it |  | wood |  | sus *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent it=Product from wood=Material |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, spiders wrapped it in gold threads, mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah, spiders wrapped it in gold threads, mad
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	spiders	spider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	threads	thread	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | past | spiders | it |  | gold threads |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in thread=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, bees glued it with honey, lowkey cool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah, bees glued it with honey, lowkey cool
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	glued	glue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glue** | past | bees | it |  |  |  | with honey and lowkey | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with honey=Instrument |

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