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title: Did the merchant get the rose? Like, did he bring it back? — Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the merchant get the rose? Like, did he bring it back? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1437 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 24: the little man tears himself in two, and the merchant finds a magic castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 24: the little man…

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Did the merchant get the rose? Like, did he bring it back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** merchant · **What happens:** get, bring back · **To what, where:** rose

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1437 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 24: the little man tears himself in two, and the merchant finds a magic castle» 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/1437-pg503-part24/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Did the merchant get the rose?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1437-pg503-part24:t11:1
# text = Did the merchant get the rose?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the merchant | the rose |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rose=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Like, did he bring it back?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1437-pg503-part24:t11:2
# text = Like, did he bring it back?
1	Like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | past · do-support | merchant | rose |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yep, he brought back the rose, but it was not what she wanted at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1437-pg503-part24:t11:o1:1
# text = Yep, he brought back the rose, but it was not what she wanted at all
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	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | past | he | the rose |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent rose=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | past | rose |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **want** | past | she |  |  | all |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, he brought the rose home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1437-pg503-part24:t11:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he brought the rose home
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	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | he | the rose |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent rose=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yep, he got her the rose from the castle garden and gave it to her right away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1437-pg503-part24:t11:o3:1
# text = Yep, he got her the rose from the castle garden and gave it to her right away
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	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
17	right	right	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | the rose | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary rose=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | past | he *not said here* | rose | her *= she* |  |  | away *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to she=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Nah, he didn't have a rose yet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1437-pg503-part24:t11:o4:1
# text = Nah, he didn't have a rose yet
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | past · do-support | he | a rose |  |  | yet |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Patient |

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