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title: Who was the emperor's wife, and was she chill about the boys? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who was the emperor's wife, and was she chill about the boys? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» 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 10 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…

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Who was the emperor's wife, and was she chill about the boys?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** wife

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» 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/1803-pg641-part54/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t10:1
# text = Who was the emperor's wife, and was she chill about the boys?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	chill	chill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the emperor's wife |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | wife |  |  |  |  | about the boys; chill *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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The sister, and she was not happy with the boys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t10:o1:1
# text = The sister, and she was not happy with the boys
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | the sister |  |  |  |  | with the boys; happy *property* | tree rules |

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

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The empress, and she was not happy with the singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t10:o2:1
# text = The empress, and she was not happy with the singing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	empress	empress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | the empress |  |  |  |  | with the singing; happy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The empress, and she was delighted by the boys and gave them each a gold ring

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t10:o3:1
# text = The empress, and she was delighted by the boys and gave them each a gold ring
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	empress	empress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	delighted	delighted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
12	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | empress |  |  |  |  | by the boys; delighted *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | past | the empress | each gold ring | boys *= boy* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient ring=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The empress, and she was pleased with the singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t10:o4:1
# text = The empress, and she was pleased with the singing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	empress	empress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | empress |  |  |  |  | with the singing; pleased *property* | 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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