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title: ngl the chalk crosses were sus, right? who did that? — Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 62:… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the chalk crosses were sus, right? who did that? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1738 «Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 62: the Soldier sees the Princess, is jailed, and is sentenced to hang» 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 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 62: the Soldier sees the…

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ngl the chalk crosses were sus, right? who did that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chalk crosses, ngl · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** ngl, that

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1738 «Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 62: the Soldier sees the Princess, is jailed, and is sentenced to hang» 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/1738-pg640-part62/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1738-pg640-part62:t4:1
# text = ngl the chalk crosses were sus, right? who did that?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	chalk	chalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	crosses	cross	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the chalk crosses | ngl *not said here* |  |  |  | suspect *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past | ngl | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

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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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the dog, to mess up the lady

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1738-pg640-part62:t4:o1:1
# text = the dog, to mess up the lady
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	mess	mess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mess up** | to-infinitive | the dog | the lady |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the King, to trick the lady

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1738-pg640-part62:t4:o2:1
# text = the King, to trick the lady
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	trick	trick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | to-infinitive | the King | the lady |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the lady, to mark her way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1738-pg640-part62:t4:o3:1
# text = the lady, to mark her way
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	mark	mark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | to-infinitive |  | her way |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Soldier, to confuse the guards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1738-pg640-part62:t4:o4:1
# text = the Soldier, to confuse the guards
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	confuse	confuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confuse** | to-infinitive | the Soldier | the guards |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient |

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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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