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title: Who was the shadowy crew following him about? — Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the W… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who was the shadowy crew following him about? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1781 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru crosses the ice and the heat, then throws away the copper wreath» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 11 · ★ · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru…

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Who was the shadowy crew following him about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** shadowy crew · **What happens:** be, follow · **To what, where:** shadowy crew, him

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1781 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru crosses the ice and the heat, then throws away the copper wreath» 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/1781-pg641-part32/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t11:1
# text = Who was the shadowy crew following him about?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	shadowy	shadowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the shadowy crew |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | the shadowy crew *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | about *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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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daughters of the whirlwind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t11:o1:1
# text = daughters of the whirlwind
1	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	whirlwind	whirlwind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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nymphs of the cold mist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t11:o2:1
# text = nymphs of the cold mist
1	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the dark spirits who serve the goddess of the heath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t11:o3:1
# text = the dark spirits who serve the goddess of the heath
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	heath	heath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the dark spirits | the goddess |  |  |  | of the heath | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the nine daughters of the cold northern wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t11:o4:1
# text = the nine daughters of the cold northern wind
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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