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title: yo, so what did the old nurse tell Petru to do, innit? — Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, so what did the old nurse tell Petru to do, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1779 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30: Petru meets a seven-headed dragon, fails, gets a magic horse, and resists the copper flowers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Test 1 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30:…

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yo, so what did the old nurse tell Petru to do, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old nurse · **What happens:** do, tell, innit · **To what, where:** Petru · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1779 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30: Petru meets a seven-headed dragon, fails, gets a magic horse, and resists the copper flowers» 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/1779-pg641-part30/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t1:1
# text = yo, so what did the old nurse tell Petru to do, innit?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	Petru	Petru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the old nurse |  | Petru |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent petru=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the old nurse *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **innit** | infinitive | the old nurse *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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search the whole kingdom for his dad's old horse at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t1:o1:1
# text = search the whole kingdom for his dad's old horse at once
1	search	search	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | imperative | you *not said here* | the whole kingdom |  |  |  | for his dad's old horse | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent kingdom=Location for horse=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
go out and find his father's old war horse in the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t1:o2:1
# text = go out and find his father's old war horse in the forest
1	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his father's old war horse |  | the forest |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
find his dad's old horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t1:o3:1
# text = find his dad's old horse
1	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | his dad's old horse |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fetch his brother home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t1:o4:1
# text = fetch his brother home
1	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | imperative | you *not said here* | his brother |  |  |  | home *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme |

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