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title: Bro, what's the deal with those headless dwarfs, lol? — Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what's the deal with those headless dwarfs, lol? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1800 «Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the dwarfs and finds the hidden treasure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 3 · ★ · Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the d…

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Bro, what's the deal with those headless dwarfs, lol?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deal · **What happens:** be

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1800 «Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the dwarfs and finds the hidden treasure» 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/1800-pg641-part51/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t3:1
# text = Bro, what's the deal with those headless dwarfs, lol?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
9	headless	headless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
12	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the deal with that headless dwarfs |  |  |  |  | Bro *vocative* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They're the ones who helped Hans find the gold and now they want their fair share of it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t3:o1:1
# text = They're the ones who helped Hans find the gold and now they want their fair share of it
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | the ones |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | past | the ones | Hans |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent hans=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **find** | infinitive | Hans *not said here* | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Topic |
| 4 | **want** | present | they | their fair share of share |  |  | now |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot share=Theme |
| 5 | **share** |  | their *= they* | share |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Those were the tiny guys he bullied

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t3:o2:1
# text = Those were the tiny guys he bullied
1	Those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	guys	guy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bullied	bully	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Those | the tiny guys |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bully** | past | he | the tiny guys *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guy=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They're the dwarfs Hans messed with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t3:o3:1
# text = They're the dwarfs Hans messed with
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	messed	mess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | the dwarfs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mess** | past | Hans | the dwarfs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They were the little guys Hans wronged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:t3:o4:1
# text = They were the little guys Hans wronged
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	guys	guy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wronged	wrong	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | They | the little guys |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wrong** | past | Hans | the little guys *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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