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title: What were her two tasks, like, the bossy stuff? — Fairy Book, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What were her two tasks, like, the bossy stuff? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1706 «Fairy Book, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, part 1: the Princess is carried off, meets the Rainbow, and breaks a bottle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Book, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, part 1: the Princess is c…

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What were her two tasks, like, the bossy stuff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** her

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1706 «Fairy Book, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, part 1: the Princess is carried off, meets the Rainbow, and breaks a bottle» 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/1706-pg640-part30/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1706-pg640-part30:t10:1
# text = What were her two tasks, like, the bossy stuff?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	bossy	bossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	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 |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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Keep fire burning and guard two bottles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1706-pg640-part30:t10:o1:1
# text = Keep fire burning and guard two bottles
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	guard	guard	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	bottles	bottle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | fire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund | fire *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **guard** | present | you *not said here* | two bottles |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cook and clean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1706-pg640-part30:t10:o2:1
# text = Cook and clean
1	Cook	Cook	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Carry water and fetch wood each day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1706-pg640-part30:t10:o3:1
# text = Carry water and fetch wood each day
1	Carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	fetch	fetch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | water |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** | present |  | wood |  |  | day |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Scrub the floors and feed the goats daily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1706-pg640-part30:t10:o4:1
# text = Scrub the floors and feed the goats daily
1	Scrub	scrub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	feed	feed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scrub** | imperative | you *not said here* | the floors |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent floor=Source |
| 2 | **feed** | present | you *not said here* |  | the goats |  |  | daily *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Recipient |

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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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