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title: who did the most to save Gangazara, the rats or the snakes? — Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15… · tree and pragmatics
description: who did the most to save Gangazara, the rats or the snakes? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1831 «Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betrays Gangazara, and the animal kings try to save him from the dungeon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 13 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betr…

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who did the most to save Gangazara, the rats or the snakes?

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

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1831 «Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betrays Gangazara, and the animal kings try to save him from the dungeon» 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/1831-pg7128-part15/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t13:1
# text = who did the most to save Gangazara, the rats or the snakes?
1	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	Gangazara	Gangazara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the most |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Eventuality |
| 2 | **save** | to-infinitive |  | Gangazara and the rats or the snakes |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gangazara=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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the rats, they brought him food every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t13:o1:1
# text = the rats, they brought him food every day
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | the rats | food | him *= he* |  | day |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination food=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the rats, they fed him daily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t13:o2:1
# text = the rats, they fed him daily
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past | the rats |  | him *= he* |  |  | daily *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the snakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t13:o3:1
# text = the snakes
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the snakes, they fought the guards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1831-pg7128-part15:t13:o4:1
# text = the snakes, they fought the guards
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | the snakes | the guards |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Co-Agent |

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