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title: Were those voices in the rice field actually nice or dodgy? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Q… · tree and pragmatics
description: Were those voices in the rice field actually nice or dodgy? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1839 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes back to life, and the wicked witch is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes…

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Were those voices in the rice field actually nice or dodgy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** voices · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** rice field

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1839 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes back to life, and the wicked witch is punished» 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/1839-pg7128-part23/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:t8:1
# text = Were those voices in the rice field actually nice or dodgy?
1	Were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
2	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
8	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that voices |  |  | the rice field |  | actually, nice *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | that voices *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nice, they were just singing a happy tune for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:t8:o1:1
# text = Nice, they were just singing a happy tune for him
1	Nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	amod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dodgy, they were a bunch of demons playing tricks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:t8:o2:1
# text = Dodgy, they were a bunch of demons playing tricks
1	Dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bunch	bunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	demons	demon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | a Dodgy bunch |  |  |  | of demons | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | demons *not said here* | tricks |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dodgy, they were trying to get him to look back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:t8:o3:1
# text = Dodgy, they were trying to get him to look back
1	Dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look back** | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Dodgy, they were trying to get him to look back and fall for it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:t8:o4:1
# text = Dodgy, they were trying to get him to look back and fall for it
1	Dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look back** | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **fall** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for it | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme |

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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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