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# Test 7 · ★ · pg3282, Rübezahl, part 51: the gnome makes a princess his…

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the water-nymphs were like ninjas dragging her off, that's kinda sick

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** water nymphs, ninjas, that · **What happens:** be, drag off · **To what, where:** her

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1250 «pg3282, Rübezahl, part 51: the gnome makes a princess his guest underground, and she gets her playmate back with a turnip» 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/1250-pg3282-part51/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1250-pg3282-part51:t7:1
# text = the water-nymphs were like ninjas dragging her off, that's kinda sick
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ninjas	ninja	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	dragging	drag	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	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	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the water nymphs |  |  |  |  | like ninjas | tree rules |
| 2 | **drag off** | gerund | ninjas *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | kinda, sick *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 {#o1}

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fr, they dragged her under the water and took her to a secret gnome castle, which is kinda scary but also cool

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1250-pg3282-part51:t7:o1:1
# text = fr, they dragged her under the water and took her to a secret gnome castle, which is kinda scary but also cool
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	gnome	gnome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	parataxis	_	_
22	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	also	also	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | past | they | fr |  | the water |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | past | they *not said here* | her *= she* |  | a secret gnome castle |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to castle=Destination |
| 3 | **is** | present | a secret gnome castle |  |  |  |  | kinda, scary *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | a secret gnome castle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they pulled her under to a hidden realm full of cool stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1250-pg3282-part51:t7:o2:1
# text = yeah, they pulled her under to a hidden realm full of cool stuff
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | they | her *= she* |  | a hidden realm |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent she=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, they whisked her off to a palace way fancier than her dad's

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1250-pg3282-part51:t7:o3:1
# text = fr, they whisked her off to a palace way fancier than her dad's
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	whisked	whisk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	fancier	fancy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisk off** | past | they | fr |  |  |  | to a palace way; fancy *property* | vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient to way=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, they dragged her down to some weird lake place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1250-pg3282-part51:t7:o4:1
# text = fr, they dragged her down to some weird lake place
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
9	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag down** | past | they | fr |  | some weird lake place |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to place=Destination |

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