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title: Lol, so the mouse-king got burnt by the soup, didn't he? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, so the mouse-king got burnt by the soup, didn't he? Test 7 · ★ 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 tre
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mo…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lol, so the mouse-king got burnt by the soup, didn't he?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** burnt, not do · **To what, where:** mouse king

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t7:1
# text = Lol, so the mouse-king got burnt by the soup, didn't he?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
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	9	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burnt** | past · passive |  | the mouse king |  |  |  | by the soup | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **do** | past | king |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the steam hit his tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t7:o1:1
# text = Yeah, the steam hit his tail
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | the steam | steam's tail |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tail=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the steam hit his tail and he jumped off the kettle really fast

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t7:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the steam hit his tail and he jumped off the kettle really fast
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	really	really	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | the steam | steam's tail |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tail=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **jump off** | past | steam | the kettle |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kettle=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the hot soup burnt his paw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, the hot soup burnt his paw
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burnt** | past | the hot soup | his paw |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the steam hit his tail and he leapt right off the hot kettle rim.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t7:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the steam hit his tail and he leapt right off the hot kettle rim.
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	leapt	leapt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	rim	rim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | the steam | steam's tail |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tail=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **leapt** | past | steam |  |  |  |  | off the hot kettle rim; right *property* | tree rules |

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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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