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title: what did the hills look like before the orchards? — Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gn… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the hills look like before the orchards? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1249 «Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle his hills and serves three masters» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle…

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what did the hills look like before the orchards?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hills · **What happens:** do, look

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1249 «Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle his hills and serves three masters» 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/1249-pg3282-part50/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t5:1
# text = what did the hills look like before the orchards?
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	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	orchards	orchard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | present | the hills |  |  |  |  | like the orchards | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
thick with pines and oaks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t5:o1:1
# text = thick with pines and oaks
1	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	pines	pine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	oaks	oak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
covered with thick forests of dark trees that nobody had ever cut down before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t5:o2:1
# text = covered with thick forests of dark trees that nobody had ever cut down before
1	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	12	advmod	_	_
12	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	before	before	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with thick forests of dark trees | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with forest=Theme |
| 2 | **cut down** | past · perfect · passive |  | dark trees |  |  | ever | before *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a wild place of dark woods, rocks and streams where only wolves and owls roamed freely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t5:o3:1
# text = a wild place of dark woods, rocks and streams where only wolves and owls roamed freely
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	streams	stream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
16	roamed	roam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
17	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roam** | participle | wolves and owls |  |  |  |  | freely *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
covered with thick forests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t5:o4:1
# text = covered with thick forests
1	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with thick forests | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with forest=Theme |

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