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title: Was the nun just having a kip when the princess sneaked past? — Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the nun just having a kip when the princess sneaked past? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1809 «Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the emperor's end» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 4 · ★ · Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the…

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Was the nun just having a kip when the princess sneaked past?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nun, princess · **What happens:** be, have, sneak past · **To what, where:** nun, kip

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1809 «Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the emperor's end» 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/1809-pg641-part60/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t4:1
# text = Was the nun just having a kip when the princess sneaked past?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nun	nun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:outer	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kip	kip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sneaked	sneak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	past	past	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the nun |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | gerund | the nun | a kip |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kip=Patient |
| 3 | **sneak past** | past | the princess |  |  |  |  | past *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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yeah, she was kipping on the step

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah, she was kipping on the step
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	kipping	kip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kip** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | on the step | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she was snoring in the choir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t4:o2:1
# text = yeah, she was snoring in the choir
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	snoring	snore	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	choir	choir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snore** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | in the choir | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in choir=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, she was wide awake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t4:o3:1
# text = no, she was wide awake
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	wide	wide	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | awake, wide *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, she was up at the altar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1809-pg641-part60:t4:o4:1
# text = no, she was up at the altar
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be up** | past | she |  |  | the altar |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at altar=Location |

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