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title: bro so the old lady with the super long nose, did she actually dance… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer W… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro so the old lady with the super long nose, did she actually dance or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 1 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro so the old lady with the super long nose, did she actually dance or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** dance

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» 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/1570-pg540-part67/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t1:1
# text = bro so the old lady with the super long nose, did she actually dance or nah?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	vocative	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	super	super	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	dance	dance	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past · do-support | she |  |  |  |  | bro so the old lady with the super long nose *vocative*; actually *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah she went full dance mode after the tobacco

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah she went full dance mode after the tobacco
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mode	mode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tobacco	tobacco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | she | full dance mode |  |  | after the tobacco |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mode=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah she was too busy sniffing the snuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t1:o2:1
# text = nah she was too busy sniffing the snuff
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	sniffing	sniff	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snuff	snuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sniff** | gerund | she *not said here* | the snuff |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snuff=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah she danced a bit after he gave her smoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah she danced a bit after he gave her smoke
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | she | a bit |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | past | he | her smoke |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smoke=Theme |
| 3 | **smoke** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom smoke «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah she just sat there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t1:o4:1
# text = nah she just sat there
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | she |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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