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title: Was the gnome lying about the winter? — Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the gnome lying about the winter? Test 13 · ★ 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's 
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# Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wit…

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Was the gnome lying about the winter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gnome · **What happens:** be, lie · **To what, where:** gnome

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t13:1
# text = Was the gnome lying about the winter?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gnome	gnome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the gnome |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | the gnome *not said here* |  |  |  | winter |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
Nah, the valley really was cold and bare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t13:o1:1
# text = Nah, the valley really was cold and bare
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the valley |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the valley *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the valley really was cold and bare, but the gnome had planted all the turnips anyway, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t13:o2:1
# text = Nah, the valley really was cold and bare, but the gnome had planted all the turnips anyway, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gnome	gnome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	planted	plant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
16	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	18	det:predet	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	turnips	turnip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
19	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the valley |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the valley *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **plant** | past · perfect · passive |  | the gnome |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme turnip=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was mild and the flowers bloomed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t13:o3:1
# text = Nah, it was mild and the flowers bloomed
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	mild	mild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	bloomed	bloom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | mild *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bloom** | participle · passive |  | the flowers |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the valley really was cold and bare, and the gnome had been telling the truth all along, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:t13:o4:1
# text = Nah, the valley really was cold and bare, and the gnome had been telling the truth all along, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gnome	gnome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	aux	_	_
16	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	parataxis	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	all	all	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	along	along	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the valley |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the valley *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · progressive | the gnome | the truth |  |  |  | along *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |

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