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title: Mate, why did the Raja hide and spy on his girls? — Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lam… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, why did the Raja hide and spy on his girls? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1821 «Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 11 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked int…

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Mate, why did the Raja hide and spy on his girls?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Raja hide

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1821 «Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother» 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/1821-pg7128-part5/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t11:1
# text = Mate, why did the Raja hide and spy on his girls?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Raja	Raja	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	spy	spy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Raja hide and spy |  |  |  | on his girls | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hide=Eventuality |

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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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To see how the mud got in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t11:o1:1
# text = To see how the mud got in
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **get in** | past | the mud |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To find out who spoils food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t11:o2:1
# text = To find out who spoils food
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	spoils	spoil	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **spoil** | present |  | food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because he suspects his daughters are secretly plotting to poison him and take the kingdom

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t11:o3:1
# text = Because he suspects his daughters are secretly plotting to poison him and take the kingdom
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	suspects	suspect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	plotting	plot	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	poison	poison	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suspect** | present | he | his daughters |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent daughter=Attribute |
| 2 | **plot** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | secretly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **poison** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 4 | **take** | infinitive |  | the kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To make sure his daughters were not wasting royal rice on the cooking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t11:o4:1
# text = To make sure his daughters were not wasting royal rice on the cooking
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	wasting	waste	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
9	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **not** **waste** | past · progressive | his daughters | royal rice |  |  |  | on the cooking *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent rice=Asset on cooking=Goal |

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