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title: ngl the birds ate ALL the seeds, so which seeds did the dad use for… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the birds ate ALL the seeds, so which seeds did the dad use for the 2nd sis? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1615 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daughter feeds the beasts and breaks the witch's spell» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daugh…

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ngl the birds ate ALL the seeds, so which seeds did the dad use for the 2nd sis?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl birds, seeds, dad · **What happens:** eat, do, use · **To what, where:** seeds

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1615 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daughter feeds the beasts and breaks the witch's spell» 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/1615-pg5615-part4/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t2:1
# text = ngl the birds ate ALL the seeds, so which seeds did the dad use for the 2nd sis?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	ALL	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	11	det	_	_
11	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	2nd	2nd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	19	amod	_	_
19	sis	sis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the ngl birds | all seeds |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | past | which seeds |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | infinitive | the dad |  |  |  |  | for the 2nd sis | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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a sack of mixed beans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t2:o1:1
# text = a sack of mixed beans
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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carrots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t2:o2:1
# text = carrots
1	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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split yellow lentils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t2:o3:1
# text = split yellow lentils
1	split	split	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lentils	lentil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | imperative | you *not said here* | yellow lentils |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lentil=Patient |

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

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lentils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t2:o4:1
# text = lentils
1	lentils	lentil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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