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title: ok last one, what did Death do when she asked him? — Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mothe… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother, part 206: a mothe…

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ok last one, what did Death do when she asked him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Death · **What happens:** do, ask · **To what, where:** ok last one, him

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 995 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother, part 206: a mother follows Death and pays a price» 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/995-pg27200-part206/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t13:1
# text = ok last one, what did Death do when she asked him?
1	ok	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Death | ok last one |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Death |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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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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Smiled and walked off slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t13:o1:1
# text = Smiled and walked off slowly
1	Smiled	smile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smile** | past |  |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **walk off** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nodded, could mean yes or no

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t13:o2:1
# text = Nodded, could mean yes or no
1	Nodded	nod	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nod** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nodded slowly, which could mean yes or no, as the lantern flickered out in the snow

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t13:o3:1
# text = Nodded slowly, which could mean yes or no, as the lantern flickered out in the snow
1	Nodded	nod	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	csubj	_	_
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lantern	lantern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
14	flickered	flicker	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nod** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |
| 3 | **flicker out** | participle |  | the lantern *not said here* |  | the snow |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in snow=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nodded, which could mean yes or no, and then he carried the child off with him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t13:o4:1
# text = Nodded, which could mean yes or no, and then he carried the child off with him
1	Nodded	nod	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	off	off	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nod** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |
| 3 | **carry off** | past | he | the child |  |  | then | with child | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |

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