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description: wait, why did the witch cut her hair tho, that's so sus Test 3 · ★ of lesson 122 «Grimm, Rapunzel, part 25: Rapunzel is cast out and the blinded prince finds her; a girl meets Mother Holle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm, Rapunzel, part 25: Rapunzel is cast out and the bli…

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wait, why did the witch cut her hair tho, that's so sus

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, witch, that · **What happens:** wait, cut, be · **To what, where:** hair

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 122 «Grimm, Rapunzel, part 25: Rapunzel is cast out and the blinded prince finds her; a girl meets Mother Holle» 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/122-pg11027-part25/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:122-pg11027-part25:t3:1
# text = wait, why did the witch cut her hair tho, that's so sus
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	tho	tho	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cut** | past · do-support | the witch | witch's hair |  |  |  | tho *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Product |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | suspect *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause rapunzel said something that gave her away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:122-pg11027-part25:t3:o1:1
# text = cause rapunzel said something that gave her away
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	compound	_	_
2	rapunzel	rapunzel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | cause rapunzel | something |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic |
| 3 | **give away** | past |  |  | rapunzel |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the witch was really heavy lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:122-pg11027-part25:t3:o2:1
# text = cause the witch was really heavy lol
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
7	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | past | the witch |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the prince had told the witch about the secret while he was climbing up the tower wall at night

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:122-pg11027-part25:t3:o3:1
# text = cause the prince had told the witch about the secret while he was climbing up the tower wall at night
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive · perfect · passive |  | the prince | the witch |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient witch=Topic |
| 2 | **climb up** | past · progressive | he | the tower wall |  |  | night |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location wall=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause she wanted to get rid of the prince and his silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:122-pg11027-part25:t3:o4:1
# text = cause she wanted to get rid of the prince and his silk
1	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	reparandum	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **want** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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