--- title: wait so was snow white's mom wishing for hair like ebony? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feather… · tree and pragmatics description: wait so was snow white's mom wishing for hair like ebony? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 105 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the crown with a carpet, a ring and a bride; then Snow-White begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/105-pg11027-part8/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feather…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/105-pg11027-part8/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the… wait so was snow white's mom wishing for hair like ebony? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, mom · **What happens:** wait, be, wish · **To what, where:** mom This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 105 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the crown with a carpet, a ring and a bride; then Snow-White begins» 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/105-pg11027-part8/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:t9:1 # text = wait so was snow white's mom wishing for hair like ebony? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 white white NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 mom mom NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 wishing wish VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 ebony ebony NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | snow white's mom | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wish** | gerund | snow white's mom *not said here* | | | | | for hair; like ebony | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for hair=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} yeah, black as the window-frame ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:t9:o1:1 # text = yeah, black as the window-frame 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 frame frame NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} nah, she wanted blonde hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:t9:o2:1 # text = nah, she wanted blonde hair 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 blonde blonde ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | she | blonde hair | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hair=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, like a raven's feathers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:t9:o3:1 # text = yeah, like a raven's feathers 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, like gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:t9:o4:1 # text = yeah, like gold 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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