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title: Did the stepmum die dead quiet, or what? — pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the stepmum die dead quiet, or what? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1752 «pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with the lady, learns the thirteenth dish is forbidden, and must leave the house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 12 · ★ · pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with the lady, learns the…

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Did the stepmum die dead quiet, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stepmum · **What happens:** die · **To what, where:** dead quiet

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1752 «pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with the lady, learns the thirteenth dish is forbidden, and must leave the house» 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/1752-pg641-part3/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:t12:1
# text = Did the stepmum die dead quiet, or what?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stepmum	stepmum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	quiet	quiet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | the stepmum | dead quiet |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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nah, she laughed out loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:t12:o1:1
# text = nah, she laughed out loud
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh out** | past | she |  |  |  |  | loud, out *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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nah, she ran off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:t12:o2:1
# text = nah, she ran off
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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yeah, without a sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:t12:o3:1
# text = yeah, without a sound
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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nah, she screamed loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:t12:o4:1
# text = nah, she screamed loud
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	screamed	scream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | she |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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