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title: nan says hunger is rubbish, so why was Two-Eyes starving? — Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Ey… · tree and pragmatics
description: nan says hunger is rubbish, so why was Two-Eyes starving? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 129 «Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes, part 1: the Queen learns the Dwarf's name, then Two-Eyes finds a magic table and loses her goat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Thre…

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nan says hunger is rubbish, so why was Two-Eyes starving?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nan, Two Eyes · **What happens:** say, be, starve · **To what, where:** hunger rubbish · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 129 «Grimm's Household Tales, Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes, part 1: the Queen learns the Dwarf's name, then Two-Eyes finds a magic table and loses her goat» 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/129-pg11027-part32/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:t6:1
# text = nan says hunger is rubbish, so why was Two-Eyes starving?
1	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
10	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	starving	starve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | hunger rubbish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **starve** | past · progressive | Two Eyes |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Her sisters ate all the bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:t6:o1:1
# text = Her sisters ate all the bread
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | Her sisters | all bread |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Her sisters gave her only leftovers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:t6:o2:1
# text = Her sisters gave her only leftovers
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	leftovers	leftover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Her sisters | leftovers | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient leftover=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her mum locked the pantry door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:t6:o3:1
# text = Her mum locked the pantry door
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	pantry	pantry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past | Her mum | the pantry door |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nan made her skip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:129-pg11027-part32:t6:o4:1
# text = Nan made her skip
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	skip	skip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Nan | Nan's skip |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skip=Product |
| 2 | **skip** |  | Nan |  |  |  |  |  | nom skip «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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