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title: honestly, what did the emperor call Birscha when Petru asked him? — Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o… · tree and pragmatics
description: honestly, what did the emperor call Birscha when Petru asked him? Test 12 · ★ 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 th
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# Test 12 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30:…

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honestly, what did the emperor call Birscha when Petru asked him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** emperor, Petru · **What happens:** call, ask · **To what, where:** Birscha · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t12:1
# text = honestly, what did the emperor call Birscha when Petru asked him?
1	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	Birscha	Birscha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	Petru	Petru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past · do-support | the emperor | Birscha |  |  |  | honestly *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme birscha=Result |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Petru |  | Birscha |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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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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a wicked old sorceress who cursed our house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t12:o1:1
# text = a wicked old sorceress who cursed our house
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sorceress	sorceress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cursed	curse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past | a wicked old sorceress | our house |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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an old fool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t12:o2:1
# text = an old fool
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
an old witch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t12:o3:1
# text = an old witch
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	witch	witch	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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a meddling old woman who knew far too much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t12:o4:1
# text = a meddling old woman who knew far too much
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	meddling	meddle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meddle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past | a meddling old woman | much |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus |

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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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