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description: what did the staffs even do, be real Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1183 «Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired, part 49: Ardan herds the old man's cows and is turned to stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 7 · ★ · Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired,…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did the staffs even do, be real

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** staffs · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** staffs

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1183 «Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired, part 49: Ardan herds the old man's cows and is turned to stone» 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/1183-pg3027-part49/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:t7:1
# text = what did the staffs even do, be real
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	staffs	staff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the staffs |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | the staffs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | real *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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they doubled themselves and kept going out of reach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:t7:o1:1
# text = they doubled themselves and kept going out of reach
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	doubled	double	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double** | past | they | themselves *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go out** | gerund | they *not said here* | reach |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they doubled over and fled into the bushes far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:t7:o2:1
# text = they doubled over and fled into the bushes far away
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	doubled	double	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double over** | past | they |  |  |  |  | away, over *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **flee** | past | they *not said here* |  |  | the bushes |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into bush=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they split apart and ran into the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:t7:o3:1
# text = they split apart and ran into the trees
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past | they |  |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **run** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the trees *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into tree=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they doubled themselves and kept going out of reach no matter how fast Ardan ran after them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:t7:o4:1
# text = they doubled themselves and kept going out of reach no matter how fast Ardan ran after them
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	doubled	double	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
13	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
14	Ardan	Ardan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double** | past | they | themselves *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go out** | gerund | they *not said here* | reach |  |  |  | no matter *obl* | tree rules |
| 4 | **run** | past | Ardan |  |  |  | after them *= they* | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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