--- title: Mate, what did the Dwarfs say the girl's job was? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what did the Dwarfs say the girl's job was? Test 9 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1578-pg540-part75/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1578-pg540-part75/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75: the peddler's lace… Mate, what did the Dwarfs say the girl's job was? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate, Dwarfs, job, girl · **What happens:** do, say, be, job · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:t9:1 # text = Mate, what did the Dwarfs say the girl's job was? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Dwarfs Dwarf PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Mate | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Dwarfs | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **be** | past | the girl's job | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **job** | | the girl | | | | | | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} Sweep, dust and sew ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:t9:o1:1 # text = Sweep, dust and sew 1 Sweep sweep NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sew sew VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sew** | present | | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Mind the goats, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:t9:o2:1 # text = Mind the goats, mate 1 Mind mind VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mind** | imperative | you *not said here* | the goats and mate | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Keep house, cook and knit, and never let anyone in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:t9:o3:1 # text = Keep house, cook and knit, and never let anyone in 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 cook cook VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 knit knit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 11 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | house | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 2 | **cook** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **knit** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **let in** | infinitive | you *not said here* | anyone | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Keep house, cook and knit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:t9:o4:1 # text = Keep house, cook and knit 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 cook cook VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 knit knit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | house | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 2 | **cook** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **knit** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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. 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