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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza fl…

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yo so wait, the swans are her bros right, like for real, why are they birds?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, swans · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** bros, birds

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1022 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza flies over the sea and waits on a tiny rock» 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/1022-pg27200-part233/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t1:1
# text = yo so wait, the swans are her bros right, like for real, why are they birds?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	bros	bro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the swans | her bros |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | swans *= swan* | birds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they chose to be birds for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t1:o1:1
# text = they chose to be birds for fun
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | they |  |  |  |  | for fun | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for fun=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | birds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they were born that way cause the forest is magic and the old lady made them birds

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t1:o2:1
# text = they were born that way cause the forest is magic and the old lady made them birds
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  | that way *obl:unmarked* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **cause** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **is** | present | the forest |  |  |  |  | magic *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **make** | past | the old lady | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset they=Beneficiary bird=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause their stepmother cast a spell on them long ago that turned them into swans forever

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t1:o3:1
# text = cause their stepmother cast a spell on them long ago that turned them into swans forever
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cast	cast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **cast** | past | their cause stepmother | a spell |  |  |  | on them *= they* | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on they=Destination |
| 3 | **turn** | past | that | them *= they* |  | swans |  | ago, forever *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme into swan=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause a spell turned them into swans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t1:o4:1
# text = cause a spell turned them into swans
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **turn** | past | a cause spell | them *= they* |  | swans |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme into swan=Trajectory |

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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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