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title: Mate, did you get why the goose was a goose, or was that just proper… — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, did you get why the goose was a goose, or was that just proper random? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1792 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 43: the goose finds the magic herb for the pasty» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 1 · ★ · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 43: the goose f…

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Mate, did you get why the goose was a goose, or was that just proper random?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, goose · **What happens:** get, be · **To what, where:** goose

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1792 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 43: the goose finds the magic herb for the pasty» 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/1792-pg641-part43/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:t1:1
# text = Mate, did you get why the goose was a goose, or was that just proper random?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	just	just	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | you |  |  |  |  | Mate *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the goose | a goose |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | random *property* | 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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cos her dad got cursed by a wicked fairy and she copied him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:t1:o1:1
# text = cos her dad got cursed by a wicked fairy and she copied him
1	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past · passive | a wicked fairy | her dad |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **copy** | past | fairy | dad |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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cos a wizard made her one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:t1:o2:1
# text = cos a wizard made her one
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past | a cos wizard | one | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary one=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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cos a fairy turned her into one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:t1:o3:1
# text = cos a fairy turned her into one
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	reparandum	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | past | a fairy | her *= she* |  |  |  | into one | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme into one=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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cos she was born that way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:t1:o4:1
# text = cos she was born that way
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | past · passive | cos *not said here* | she |  |  |  | that way *obl:unmarked* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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