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title: Proper, what did Graciosa's nurse tell her to do? — Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Proper, what did Graciosa's nurse tell her to do? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 5 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duc…

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Proper, what did Graciosa's nurse tell her to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nurse · **What happens:** do, tell · **To what, where:** Graciosa · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» 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/1541-pg540-part38/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:t5:1
# text = Proper, what did Graciosa's nurse tell her to do?
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Graciosa	Graciosa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Graciosa's nurse |  | Graciosa |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Graciosa's nurse *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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be amiable to the Duchess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:t5:o1:1
# text = be amiable to the Duchess
1	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	amiable	amiable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Duchess; amiable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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be amiable to the Duchess and all her guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:t5:o2:1
# text = be amiable to the Duchess and all her guests
1	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	amiable	amiable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Duchess and her guests; amiable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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wear her best dress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:t5:o3:1
# text = wear her best dress
1	wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | her best dress |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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be amiable to the Duchess and smile at the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1541-pg540-part38:t5:o4:1
# text = be amiable to the Duchess and smile at the court
1	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	amiable	amiable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	smile	smile	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Duchess; amiable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **smile** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the court |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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