--- title: Was the bride dead nice to her sister-in-law at first? — Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Ho… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the bride dead nice to her sister-in-law at first? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1306 «Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the greedy wife sues to win the unfinished houses» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1306-pg3454-part31/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Ho…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1306-pg3454-part31/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the g… Was the bride dead nice to her sister-in-law at first? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bride · **What happens:** be This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1306 «Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the greedy wife sues to win the unfinished houses» 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/1306-pg3454-part31/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:t12:1 # text = Was the bride dead nice to her sister-in-law at first? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the bride | | | | | to bride's law; nice *property* | tree rules | 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} Yeah, she was sweet to him at first ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:t12:o1:1 # text = Yeah, she was sweet to him at first 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | him *= he* | | | sweet *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nah, she was not nice to anyone at all, but she pretended to be warm to her sister-in-law at first ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:t12:o2:1 # text = Nah, she was not nice to anyone at all, but she pretended to be warm to her sister-in-law at first 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | she | | | | | to anyone; nice *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pretend** | past | she | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | to her sister in law; warm *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, she was dead nice at first ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:t12:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she was dead nice at first 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | nice *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, not really ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1306-pg3454-part31:t12:o4:1 # text = Nah, not really 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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