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title: the boot thing was so random, what was that about — Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch… · tree and pragmatics
description: the boot thing was so random, what was that about Test 9 · ★ 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 primar
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# Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg540), The Golden Branch, Three Dwarfs begin…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the boot thing was so random, what was that about

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boot thing · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t9:1
# text = the boot thing was so random, what was that about
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	parataxis	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	nsubj	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the boot thing |  |  |  |  | about, random *property* | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a trial to check his loyalty to kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t9:o1:1
# text = a trial to check his loyalty to kids
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  | his loyalty |  |  |  | to kids | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a water test to see if he should remarry and who his new wife would be

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t9:o2:1
# text = a water test to see if he should remarry and who his new wife would be
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	remarry	remarry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	ccomp	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive | a water test *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **remarry** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | test |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **be** | would | a water test |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a water test to see if he should remarry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t9:o3:1
# text = a water test to see if he should remarry
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	remarry	remarry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **remarry** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a test of his honesty with the stepmom's secret boot and all that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1558-pg540-part55:t9:o4:1
# text = a test of his honesty with the stepmom's secret boot and all that
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stepmom	stepmom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** |  |  | his honesty with the stepmom's secret boot |  |  |  |  | nom test «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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