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title: lol so the maids were gonna yank the helmet off at the wedding? — Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Woo… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol so the maids were gonna yank the helmet off at the wedding? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1797 «Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48: a dying mother hides her daughter's beauty, and a rich young man wants to marry the girl in the helmet» of the books course of Mova's primary school,
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# Test 11 · ★ · Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol so the maids were gonna yank the helmet off at the wedding?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** maids · **What happens:** yank off · **To what, where:** helmet, wedding

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1797 «Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48: a dying mother hides her daughter's beauty, and a rich young man wants to marry the girl in the helmet» 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/1797-pg641-part48/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:t11:1
# text = lol so the maids were gonna yank the helmet off at the wedding?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	conj	_	_
7	yank	yank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yank off** | present | the maids | the helmet |  | the wedding |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they just wanted to take a look

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:t11:o1:1
# text = nah, they just wanted to take a look
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	look	look	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | a look |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, to do her hair in the latest style

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:t11:o2:1
# text = yeah, to do her hair in the latest style
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	latest	late	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | her hair |  | the latest style |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, to do her hair in the latest style so everyone at the feast could finally see her face

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:t11:o3:1
# text = yeah, to do her hair in the latest style so everyone at the feast could finally see her face
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	latest	late	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	18	nsubj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | her hair |  | the latest style |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Eventuality |
| 2 | **see** | could | everyone | her face |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, to fix her hair for the photos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:t11:o4:1
# text = yeah, to fix her hair for the photos
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fix	fix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | to-infinitive |  | her hair |  |  |  | for the photos | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent hair=Product for photo=Beneficiary |

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