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title: What was the occupation of the seven Dwarfs in the mountain? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the occupation of the seven Dwarfs in the mountain? Exam question 3 of lesson 1578 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75: the peddler's lace and the poisonous comb» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75: the peddler's lace…

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What was the occupation of the seven Dwarfs in the mountain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** occupation · **What happens:** be, occupy · **To what, where:** seven Dwarfs, mountain

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1578 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75: the peddler's lace and the poisonous comb» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1578-pg540-part75/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:e3:1
# text = What was the occupation of the seven Dwarfs in the mountain?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	Dwarfs	Dwarf	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the occupation of the seven Dwarfs in the mountain |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **occupy** |  |  | the seven Dwarfs |  | the mountain |  |  | nom occupation «act transitive»: of=patient in=place |

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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 {#o1}

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they cut the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:e3:o1:1
# text = they cut the wood
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | present | they | the wood |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wood=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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they dug tunnels all day long searching for precious gems and iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:e3:o2:1
# text = they dug tunnels all day long searching for precious gems and iron
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
7	searching	search	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gems	gem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past | they | tunnels |  |  | day | long *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tunnel=Theme |
| 2 | **search** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for precious gems and iron | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for gem=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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they dug deep in the mountain mines for silver and gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:e3:o3:1
# text = they dug deep in the mountain mines for silver and gold
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past | they |  |  | the mountain mines for silver and gold |  | deep *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in mine=Location |

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

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they dug for gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:e3:o4:1
# text = they dug for gold
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past | they |  |  |  |  | for gold | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for gold=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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