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title: Bruh, how did the sisters kill time while Dad was gone? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, how did the sisters kill time while Dad was gone? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1528 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgiven, the happy ending comes, and a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 11 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgive…

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Bruh, how did the sisters kill time while Dad was gone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sisters · **What happens:** do, kill, go · **To what, where:** Dad

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1528 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the traitors are forgiven, the happy ending comes, and a new tale begins» 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/1528-pg540-part25/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t11:1
# text = Bruh, how did the sisters kill time while Dad was gone?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	kill	kill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **kill** | present | the sisters |  |  |  | time |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **go** | past · passive |  | Dad |  |  |  |  | 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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They sewed, sang and went to the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t11:o1:1
# text = They sewed, sang and went to the market
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sewed	sew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | past | They *not said here* |  |  | the market |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to market=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They fought constantly, worked, read and wandered the halls at night looking for trouble

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t11:o2:1
# text = They fought constantly, worked, read and wandered the halls at night looking for trouble
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	constantly	constantly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wandered	wander	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	halls	hall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | They |  |  |  |  | constantly *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **read** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **wander** | past | They *not said here* | the halls |  |  | night |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Trajectory |
| 5 | **look** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for trouble | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for trouble=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They worked, read and chilled in the garden while waiting for letters from the princes every day

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t11:o3:1
# text = They worked, read and chilled in the garden while waiting for letters from the princes every day
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	chilled	chill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **read** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **chill** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  | the garden |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **wait** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  | day | for letters; from the princes | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They worked, read and chilled in the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1528-pg540-part25:t11:o4:1
# text = They worked, read and chilled in the garden
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	chilled	chill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **read** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **chill** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  | the garden |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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