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title: test: Fr, what did the wife think about two more babies? — Spanish Tales, Bella-Flor, the horse h… · tree and pragmatics
description: test: Fr, what did the wife think about two more babies? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1187 «Spanish Tales, Bella-Flor, the horse helps Jose win back the three lost things and survive the oil, and a new tale begins with a crystal cradle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 13 · ★ · Spanish Tales, Bella-Flor, the horse helps Jose win back t…

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test: Fr, what did the wife think about two more babies?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** test, wife · **What happens:** do, think about · **To what, where:** two more babies

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1187 «Spanish Tales, Bella-Flor, the horse helps Jose win back the three lost things and survive the oil, and a new tale begins with a crystal cradle» 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/1187-pg3027-part53/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:t13:1
# text = test: Fr, what did the wife think about two more babies?
1	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Fr	Fr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	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	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | test |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **think about** *speech: other* | present | the wife | two more babies |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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it would be a blessing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:t13:o1:1
# text = it would be a blessing
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would | it | a blessing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she wished her husband had found more work at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:t13:o2:1
# text = she wished her husband had found more work at sea
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | past · perfect · passive |  | her husband |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme work=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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too many mouths to feed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:t13:o3:1
# text = too many mouths to feed
1	too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mouths	mouth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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she feared the babies would never survive the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1187-pg3027-part53:t13:o4:1
# text = she feared the babies would never survive the winter
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	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	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	survive	survive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **survive** | would | the babies |  |  |  | winter |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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