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title: Did the frog's mum actually come up the cliff on the line? — Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fair… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the frog's mum actually come up the cliff on the line? Test 12 · ★ 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 quest
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the siste…

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Did the frog's mum actually come up the cliff on the line?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, come up · **To what, where:** mum, cliff, line

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t12:1
# text = Did the frog's mum actually come up the cliff on the line?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the frog's mum |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come up** | present |  | the cliff |  | the line |  | actually *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on line=Location |

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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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Yeah, the mum came up on the line but the elder sister had already gone back down the hill

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t12:o1:1
# text = Yeah, the mum came up on the line but the elder sister had already gone back down the hill
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	already	already	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	down	down	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | past | the mum |  |  | the line |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on line=Location |
| 2 | **go back** | past · perfect | the elder sister |  |  |  |  | down the hill | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the younger one did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the younger one did
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 | the younger one |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the elder sister climbed the cliff herself and the mum stayed at the bottom of the hill

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t12:o3:1
# text = Nah, the elder sister climbed the cliff herself and the mum stayed at the bottom of the hill
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | past | the elder sister | the cliff |  |  |  | sister *obl* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location cliff=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | past | the mum |  |  | the bottom of the hill |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bottom=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the elder sister did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the elder sister did
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 | the elder sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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