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title: How tall was Jem, like seriously? — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose,… · tree and pragmatics
description: How tall was Jem, like seriously? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 5 · ★ · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
How tall was Jem, like seriously?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Jem

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» 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/1791-pg641-part42/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t5:1
# text = How tall was Jem, like seriously?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Jem |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tiny, so tiny he needed a plank on two chairs just to reach the stove

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t5:o1:1
# text = Tiny, so tiny he needed a plank on two chairs just to reach the stove
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	chairs	chair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past | he | a plank |  | two chairs |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot plank=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the stove |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent stove=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tiny, honestly tiny, he needed a plank on two chairs and a cushion too

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t5:o2:1
# text = Tiny, honestly tiny, he needed a plank on two chairs and a cushion too
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	chairs	chair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cushion	cushion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past | he | a plank |  | two chairs and a cushion |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot plank=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tall for a dwarf, he stood on crates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t5:o3:1
# text = Tall for a dwarf, he stood on crates
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	crates	crate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | he |  |  | crates |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on crate=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tiny, he needed a plank on two chairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:t5:o4:1
# text = Tiny, he needed a plank on two chairs
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	chairs	chair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past | he | a plank |  | two chairs |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot plank=Theme |

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