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title: Bruv, why did the mouse even bother stayin' with him? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why did the mouse even bother stayin' with him? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 992 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mouse's adventures end in a wedding and a critics' complaint, then storks appear on a roof» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mo…

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Bruv, why did the mouse even bother stayin' with him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** mouse

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 992 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mouse's adventures end in a wedding and a critics' complaint, then storks appear on a roof» 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/992-pg27200-part203/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t2:1
# text = Bruv, why did the mouse even bother stayin' with him?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	bother	bother	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stayin	stayin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	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 |  | the mouse |  |  |  | with mouse; Bruv *vocative*; bother stayin *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Eventuality |

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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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She knew he would be terribly lonely in that cell without her company

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t2:o1:1
# text = She knew he would be terribly lonely in that cell without her company
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	terribly	terribly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	without	without	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | She |  |  |  |  | without her company | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | would | he |  |  | that cell |  | lonely, terribly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She had a kind heart and knew he'd be lonely without her in the cold cell.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t2:o2:1
# text = She had a kind heart and knew he'd be lonely without her in the cold cell.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
12	without	without	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | a kind heart |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |
| 2 | **know** | past | She *not said here* |  |  | the cold cell |  | without her *= she* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | would | he |  |  |  |  | lonely *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She knew he'd be lonely without her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t2:o3:1
# text = She knew he'd be lonely without her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | She |  |  |  |  | without her *= she* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | would | he |  |  |  |  | lonely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She felt sorry for the poor man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t2:o4:1
# text = She felt sorry for the poor man
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | She |  |  |  |  | for the poor man; sorry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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