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title: Oi, did the sisters actually get their husbands back or wot? — Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fair… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, did the sisters actually get their husbands back or wot? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the siste…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Oi, did the sisters actually get their husbands back or wot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi · **What happens:** do, get back, wot · **To what, where:** sisters, husbands

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» 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/1178-pg3027-part44/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t1:1
# text = Oi, did the sisters actually get their husbands back or wot?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	husbands	husband	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	wot	wot	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Oi | the sisters |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get back** | present | Oi *not said here* | Oi's husbands |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer husband=Stimulus |
| 3 | **wot** | infinitive | Oi *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they got them out, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they got them out, innit
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get out** | past | they | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they did
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the witch kept them locked up for years and they never really got free, mate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, the witch kept them locked up for years and they never really got free, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	really	really	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the witch | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lock up** | participle | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **get** | past | they | free mate |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mate=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they rescued both, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they rescued both, bruv
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rescued	rescue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rescue** | past | they | both bruv |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bruv=Theme |

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