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title: real talk, how was their dad doing while they were gone? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel… · tree and pragmatics
description: real talk, how was their dad doing while they were gone? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1473 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel: the bread house and the oven» 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 was wrong
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# Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel: the bread house an…

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real talk, how was their dad doing while they were gone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** be, do, go · **To what, where:** dad, they

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1473 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel: the bread house and the oven» 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/1473-pg503-part60/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1473-pg503-part60:t12:1
# text = real talk, how was their dad doing while they were gone?
1	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | their dad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | their dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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he missed them terribly and wept every night in bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1473-pg503-part60:t12:o1:1
# text = he missed them terribly and wept every night in bed
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	terribly	terribly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  | terribly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
| 2 | **weep** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  | night | in bed | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in bed=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he had gone out searching the wood every day for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1473-pg503-part60:t12:o2:1
# text = he had gone out searching the wood every day for them
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	searching	search	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **search** | gerund | he *not said here* | the wood |  |  | day | for them *= they* | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Location for they=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
not happy at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1473-pg503-part60:t12:o3:1
# text = not happy at all
1	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cheerful as ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1473-pg503-part60:t12:o4:1
# text = cheerful as ever
1	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
```

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

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