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title: Be real, was the stepsister mint or what when she got toads? — Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Lit… · tree and pragmatics
description: Be real, was the stepsister mint or what when she got toads? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1559 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood: a kind girl and a rude girl get very different gifts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood:…

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Be real, was the stepsister mint or what when she got toads?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** be, get · **To what, where:** real stepsister mint, toads

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1559 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood: a kind girl and a rude girl get very different gifts» 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/1559-pg540-part56/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:t3:1
# text = Be real, was the stepsister mint or what when she got toads?
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	stepsister	stepsister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	conj	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	toads	toad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the real stepsister mint |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | past | she | toads |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toad=Stimulus |

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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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Nah, she was fine, not a fail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:t3:o1:1
# text = Nah, she was fine, not a fail
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fail	fail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Nah, she was the worst, total fail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:t3:o2:1
# text = Nah, she was the worst, total fail
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fail	fail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she was mint, totally cool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she was mint, totally cool
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	mint	mint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | mint *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | totally *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, a fail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:t3:o4:1
# text = Nah, a fail
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fail	fail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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