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title: helga's sisters were jealous, right? what did they do? — pg3282, Geirald and Rosald: Geirald hi… · tree and pragmatics
description: helga's sisters were jealous, right? what did they do? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1221 «pg3282, Geirald and Rosald: Geirald hides under his bed and Rosald wins the queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 7 · ★ · pg3282, Geirald and Rosald: Geirald hides under his bed an…

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helga's sisters were jealous, right? what did they do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sisters · **What happens:** be, do

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1221 «pg3282, Geirald and Rosald: Geirald hides under his bed and Rosald wins the queen» 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/1221-pg3282-part22/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1221-pg3282-part22:t7:1
# text = helga's sisters were jealous, right? what did they do?
1	helga	helga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | helga's sisters |  |  |  |  | jealous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past · do-support | sisters *= sister* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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they tried to ruin the wedding by lying to the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1221-pg3282-part22:t7:o1:1
# text = they tried to ruin the wedding by lying to the king
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	ruin	ruin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ruin** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the wedding |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Patient |
| 3 | **lie** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the king | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they sent a letter to the king accusing Helga of treachery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1221-pg3282-part22:t7:o2:1
# text = they sent a letter to the king accusing Helga of treachery
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	accusing	accuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	Helga	Helga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	treachery	treachery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | they | a letter | the king |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to king=Destination |
| 2 | **accuse** | gerund | they *not said here* | Helga of treachery |  |  |  |  | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent helga=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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they spread false rumours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1221-pg3282-part22:t7:o3:1
# text = they spread false rumours
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rumours	rumour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | present | they | false rumours |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rumour=Theme |

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

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they were secretly pleased

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1221-pg3282-part22:t7:o4:1
# text = they were secretly pleased
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | pleased, secretly *property* | tree rules |

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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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