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description: So what's the lesson in those verses, like, what's the moral? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1079 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard, part 4: a rude girl's words turn to toads, and Blue Beard finds blood on the key» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 12 · ★ · Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard, part 4: a rude girl'…

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So what's the lesson in those verses, like, what's the moral?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** verses · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** lesson, verses

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1079 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Blue Beard, part 4: a rude girl's words turn to toads, and Blue Beard finds blood on the key» 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/1079-pg29021-part4/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t12:1
# text = So what's the lesson in those verses, like, what's the moral?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	verses	verse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	moral	moral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the lesson |  | that verses and the moral |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | that verses and the moral |  |  |  |  | like the moral | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Being polite gets you rewarded later, but being nosy in a locked room gets you killed, so don't do that

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t12:o1:1
# text = Being polite gets you rewarded later, but being nosy in a locked room gets you killed, so don't do that
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	csubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	rewarded	reward	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
10	nosy	nosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	csubj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
20	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
22	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present |  | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **reward** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | a locked room |  | nosy *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **get** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 7 | **kill** | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **not** **do** | infinitive · do-support |  | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rich men always get the girls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t12:o2:1
# text = Rich men always get the girls
1	Rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Rich men | the girls |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Good looks win in the end, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t12:o3:1
# text = Good looks win in the end, bro
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	looks	look	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present | Good looks |  |  |  | in the end and bro |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in end=Eventuality |

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

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Being polite gets you rewarded later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1079-pg29021-part4:t12:o4:1
# text = Being polite gets you rewarded later
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	csubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rewarded	reward	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present |  |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **reward** | participle | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

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