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title: Did the field of turnips turn out well? — Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the field of turnips turn out well? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1251 «Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wither, and the gnome's fresh turnips go missing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wit…

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Did the field of turnips turn out well?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** turnips · **What happens:** do, turn out · **To what, where:** field

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1251 «Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wither, and the gnome's fresh turnips go missing» 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/1251-pg3282-part52/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t10:1
# text = Did the field of turnips turn out well?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	turnips	turnip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the field |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Eventuality |
| 2 | **turn out** | present | turnips | the field *not said here* |  |  |  | well *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location field=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they grew brilliantly and looked like a proper crop, but the gnome sold them all, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t10:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they grew brilliantly and looked like a proper crop, but the gnome sold them all, mate
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	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	brilliantly	brilliantly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	crop	crop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gnome	gnome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
20	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | they |  |  |  |  | brilliantly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a proper crop | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **sell** | past | the gnome | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient mate=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they never came up, the frost got them all early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t10:o2:1
# text = Nah, they never came up, the frost got them all early
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	all	all	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come up** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | the frost | them *= they* |  |  |  | early *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they grew brilliantly and looked like a proper crop, and the goblins guarded them all through the spring and summer

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t10:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they grew brilliantly and looked like a proper crop, and the goblins guarded them all through the spring and summer
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	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	brilliantly	brilliantly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	crop	crop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	goblins	goblin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	all	all	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
19	through	through	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | they |  |  |  |  | brilliantly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a proper crop | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **guard** | past | the goblins | them *= they* |  |  | spring |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they grew brilliantly and looked like a proper crop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t10:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they grew brilliantly and looked like a proper crop
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	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	brilliantly	brilliantly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	crop	crop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | they |  |  |  |  | brilliantly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a proper crop | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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