--- title: Lol, what was the genius's mum up to with flowers? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's You… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, what was the genius's mum up to with flowers? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1806 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part 57: the princess beats three monsters and swaps the genius's flowers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1806-pg641-part57/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's You…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1806-pg641-part57/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part… Lol, what was the genius's mum up to with flowers? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** be This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1806 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part 57: the princess beats three monsters and swaps the genius's flowers» 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/1806-pg641-part57/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t6:1 # text = Lol, what was the genius's mum up to with flowers? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the genius's mum | | | | | with flowers | tree rules | 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} she was testing him with magic flowers and a sly plan for his fate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t6:o1:1 # text = she was testing him with magic flowers and a sly plan for his fate 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 testing test VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 sly sly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **test** | past · progressive | she | him *= he* | | | | with magic flowers and a sly plan for his fate | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **fate** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} bribing him with gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t6:o2:1 # text = bribing him with gold 1 bribing bribe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bribe** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | with gold | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} testing him with magic flowers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t6:o3:1 # text = testing him with magic flowers 1 testing test VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **test** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | with magic flowers | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} testing him with magic flowers to see who the girl really was ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1806-pg641-part57:t6:o4:1 # text = testing him with magic flowers to see who the girl really was 1 testing test VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 csubj _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 11 really really ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **test** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | with magic flowers | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **girl** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | past | testing | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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