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title: so the goldsmiths worked day and night for this? — Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the goldsmiths worked day and night for this? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 11 · ★ · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict…

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so the goldsmiths worked day and night for this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** goldsmiths · **What happens:** work

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» 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/1482-pg503-part69/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t11:1
# text = so the goldsmiths worked day and night for this?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	goldsmiths	goldsmith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | past | the goldsmiths |  |  |  | day | for this | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for this=Beneficiary |

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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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yep, they worked nonstop making vases, vessels, birds and beasts in gold, it was insane

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t11:o1:1
# text = yep, they worked nonstop making vases, vessels, birds and beasts in gold, it was insane
1	yep	yep	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	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nonstop	nonstop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	vases	vas	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	insane	insane	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | past | they | nonstop |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent nonstop=Material |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | they *not said here* | vases and vessels and birds and beasts |  | gold |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset vas=Product |
| 3 | **is** | past | nonstop |  |  |  |  | insane *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they carved silver for her boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t11:o2:1
# text = yeah, they carved silver for her boat
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carved	carve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | past | they | silver |  |  |  | for her boat | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent silver=Material for boat=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, they hammered out gold cups for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t11:o3:1
# text = yep, they hammered out gold cups for her
1	yep	yep	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	hammered	hammer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hammer out** | past | they | gold cups |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cup=Material for she=Beneficiary |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, they made birds and beasts in gold for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t11:o4:1
# text = yep, they made birds and beasts in gold for her
1	yep	yep	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	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | they | birds and beasts |  | gold |  | for her *= she* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bird=Product for she=Beneficiary |

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