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title: u think the Mice were sus or just scared — Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch… · tree and pragmatics
description: u think the Mice were sus or just scared Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1558 «Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begins: the Cricket and the Grasshopper reach the Golden Branch and are freed, and a stepmother sends her stepdaughter into the snow» of the books course of Mova's primary school,
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# Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begin…

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u think the Mice were sus or just scared

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mice · **What happens:** think, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1558 «Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begins: the Cricket and the Grasshopper reach the Golden Branch and are freed, and a stepmother sends her stepdaughter into the snow» 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/1558-pg540-part55/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t4:1
# text = u think the Mice were sus or just scared
1	u	u	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	think	think	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | imperative |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Mice |  |  |  |  | suspect *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the Mice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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lowkey scared but also kinda sus, they were running for dear life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t4:o1:1
# text = lowkey scared but also kinda sus, they were running for dear life
1	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  | for dear life | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for life=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they were sus, like fully plotting the whole thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t4:o2:1
# text = they were sus, like fully plotting the whole thing
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	plotting	plot	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | suspect *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **plot** | gerund |  | the whole thing |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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lowkey scared, they were running for their lives and the cheese was cursed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t4:o3:1
# text = lowkey scared, they were running for their lives and the cheese was cursed
1	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  | for their lives | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for life=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **curse** | past · passive |  | the cheese |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lowkey scared, they were running for their lives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t4:o4:1
# text = lowkey scared, they were running for their lives
1	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  | for their lives | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for life=Beneficiary |

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