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title: Did the Dwarf say something human is dearer than gold, yeah? — Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the Dwarf say something human is dearer than gold, yeah? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 128 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punished, and a Miller's daughter must spin straw into gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 13 · ★ · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punis…

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Did the Dwarf say something human is dearer than gold, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dwarf, something human · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 128 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punished, and a Miller's daughter must spin straw into gold» 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/128-pg11027-part31/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t13:1
# text = Did the Dwarf say something human is dearer than gold, yeah?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	compound	_	_
6	human	human	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	dearer	dear	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	ccomp	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Dwarf |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | something human |  |  |  |  | than gold; dear *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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Yep, he wanted her first child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t13:o1:1
# text = Yep, he wanted her first child
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he | her first child |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot child=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yep, and then he laughed at her and danced off into the dark forest with his prize

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t13:o2:1
# text = Yep, and then he laughed at her and danced off into the dark forest with his prize
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | he |  |  |  | then | at her *= she* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **dance off** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | the dark forest |  | with his prize | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme into forest=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, he said something human

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t13:o3:1
# text = Yep, he said something human
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | something |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he said life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t13:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he said life
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | life |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent life=Topic |

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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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