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description: Your cousin says something grabs your ankle if you look under the bed at midnight. What would really happen? Test 9 of lesson 26 «Sleepovers and spooky stories» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 9 · Sleepovers and spooky stories

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Your cousin says something grabs your ankle if you look under the bed at midnight. What would really happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, something, you · **What happens:** say, grab, look, happen · **To what, where:** ankle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 of lesson 26 «Sleepovers and spooky stories» of the myths 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/myths/26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin says something grabs your ankle if you look under the bed at midnight.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t9:1
# text = Your cousin says something grabs your ankle if you look under the bed at midnight.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ankle	ankle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
11	under	under	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **grab** | present | something | your ankle |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ankle=Theme |
| 3 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  | midnight | under the bed | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent under bed=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would really happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t9:2
# text = What would really happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The whole bed would start to shake and float up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t9:o1:1
# text = The whole bed would start to shake and float up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	shake	shake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | would | the whole bed |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **shake** | to-infinitive | the whole bed *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **float up** | infinitive | the whole bed *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Nothing; you'd see dust and maybe a lost sock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t9:o2:1
# text = Nothing; you'd see dust and maybe a lost sock
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	sock	sock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | would | you | dust |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dust=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A cold bony hand would reach out and grab your arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t9:o3:1
# text = A cold bony hand would reach out and grab your arm
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	bony	bony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach out** | would | a cold bony hand |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grab** | infinitive | a cold bony hand *not said here* | your arm |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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You'd fall into a deep sleep and never wake up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:t9:o4:1
# text = You'd fall into a deep sleep and never wake up
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | would | You |  |  |  |  | into a deep sleep *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sleep=Result |
| 2 | **not** **wake up** | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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