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title: so the nuns said no, right? like straight up no? — Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud b… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the nuns said no, right? like straight up no? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1329 «Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magic gifts and chooses an honest life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 3 · ★ · Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magi…

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so the nuns said no, right? like straight up no?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nuns · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** no · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1329 «Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magic gifts and chooses an honest life» 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/1329-pg3454-part54/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1329-pg3454-part54:t3:1
# text = so the nuns said no, right? like straight up no?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nuns	nun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	12	obl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	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* | past | the nuns | no |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent right=Theme no=Manner |

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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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nah, they let her in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1329-pg3454-part54:t3:o1:1
# text = nah, they let her in
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let in** | past | they | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah, the nun was mean and said no beggars allowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1329-pg3454-part54:t3:o2:1
# text = yeah, the nun was mean and said no beggars allowed
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nun	nun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	beggars	beggar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the nun |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the nun *not said here* | no beggars |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **allow** | participle | the nun *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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

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yeah, the gatekeeper lady was rude and said beggars not welcome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1329-pg3454-part54:t3:o3:1
# text = yeah, the gatekeeper lady was rude and said beggars not welcome
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	gatekeeper	gatekeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	beggars	beggar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	welcome	welcome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the gatekeeper lady |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the gatekeeper lady *not said here* | beggars |  |  |  | welcome *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent beggar=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yup, they shut the gate and said go away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1329-pg3454-part54:t3:o4:1
# text = yup, they shut the gate and said go away
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shut	shut	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut** | present | they | the gate |  |  |  | yup *vocative* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gate=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go away** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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