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title: Yo, what did the Duchess tell her women to do to Graciosa? — Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what did the Duchess tell her women to do to Graciosa? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1542 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, part 39: feathers instead of rods, a forest, and a crystal palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 1 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, pa…

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Yo, what did the Duchess tell her women to do to Graciosa?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Duchess · **What happens:** tell, do · **To what, where:** women, Graciosa · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1542 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, part 39: feathers instead of rods, a forest, and a crystal palace» 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/1542-pg540-part39/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t1:1
# text = Yo, what did the Duchess tell her women to do to Graciosa?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	iobj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Graciosa	Graciosa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the Duchess |  | women |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  | Graciosa |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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hit her hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t1:o1:1
# text = hit her hard
1	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
whack her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t1:o2:1
# text = whack her
1	whack	whack	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whack** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

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

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bash her with the rods, no mercy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t1:o3:1
# text = bash her with the rods, no mercy
1	bash	bash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rods	rod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bash** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | with the rods and no mercy | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with rod=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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beat her with the sticks, no pity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t1:o4:1
# text = beat her with the sticks, no pity
1	beat	beat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | with the sticks and no pity | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with stick=Instrument |

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