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title: Be honest, was the mum well mean or what? — Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Be honest, was the mum well mean or what? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1472 «Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the wood after the pebbles and the crumbs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 2 · ★ · Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the woo…

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Be honest, was the mum well mean or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** honest mum · **What happens:** be, mean · **To what, where:** honest mum

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1472 «Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the wood after the pebbles and the crumbs» 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/1472-pg503-part59/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t2:1
# text = Be honest, was the mum well mean or what?
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the honest mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present | the honest mum |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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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Kind of, she was just hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t2:o1:1
# text = Kind of, she was just hungry
1	Kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she was properly nasty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she was properly nasty
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	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | nasty, properly *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dead mean, she wanted them gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t2:o3:1
# text = Dead mean, she wanted them gone
1	Dead	dead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	mean	mean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **want** | past | she | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | participle | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Quite cruel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t2:o4:1
# text = Quite cruel
1	Quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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