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title: W or L, did the little old man reward dummerly for being nice? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose,… · tree and pragmatics
description: W or L, did the little old man reward dummerly for being nice? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 111 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 14: the Wolf is caught and Little Red-Cap is eaten, then Dummerly finds a golden goose» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 14: the Wolf i…

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W or L, did the little old man reward dummerly for being nice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** W · **What happens:** reward, be

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 111 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 14: the Wolf is caught and Little Red-Cap is eaten, then Dummerly finds a golden goose» 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/111-pg11027-part14/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:111-pg11027-part14:t9:1
# text = W or L, did the little old man reward dummerly for being nice?
1	W	w	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	L	L	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	reward	reward	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	dummerly	dummerly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
14	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reward** | past · do-support | W or L |  |  |  |  | dummerly *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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W, bread became a meat pie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:111-pg11027-part14:t9:o1:1
# text = W, bread became a meat pie
1	W	w	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | bread | a meat pie |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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W, he got some cold soup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:111-pg11027-part14:t9:o2:1
# text = W, he got some cold soup
1	W	w	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | some cold soup |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer soup=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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L, the old man ate all the food and left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:111-pg11027-part14:t9:o3:1
# text = L, the old man ate all the food and left
1	L	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | L | all food |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | participle | L *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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L, he got a sour ale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:111-pg11027-part14:t9:o4:1
# text = L, he got a sour ale
1	L	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | L |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ale=Stimulus |

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