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title: bruh did the old dude with the white beard just let the girls chill… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh did the old dude with the white beard just let the girls chill in the cellar? Test 3 · ★ 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 pragma
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daugh…

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bruh did the old dude with the white beard just let the girls chill in the cellar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bruh, old dude, girls · **What happens:** do, let, chill · **To what, where:** old dude, cellar

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t3:1
# text = bruh did the old dude with the white beard just let the girls chill in the cellar?
1	bruh	bruh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	chill	chill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | bruh | the old dude |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dude=Eventuality |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | the old dude *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the white beard | tree rules |
| 3 | **chill** | present | the girls |  |  | the cellar |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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yes, he dropped them down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t3:o1:1
# text = yes, he dropped them down
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop down** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yes, he locked the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t3:o2:1
# text = yes, he locked the door
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	locked	lock	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	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past | he | the door |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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yes, he dropped them down into the dark cellar below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t3:o3:1
# text = yes, he dropped them down into the dark cellar below
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	below	below	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop down** | past | he | them *= they* |  | the dark cellar |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into cellar=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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yes, he opened the trapdoor and pushed both girls down the steps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:t3:o4:1
# text = yes, he opened the trapdoor and pushed both girls down the steps
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	opened	open	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	trapdoor	trapdoor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | he | the trapdoor |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location trapdoor=Theme |
| 2 | **push** | past | he *not said here* | both girls |  |  |  | down the steps | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent girl=Theme down step=Trajectory |

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