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title: What did the two of them do before sunrise at the fountain? — Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the two of them do before sunrise at the fountain? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1876 «Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve maidens, and Rosanella returns to marry the Prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…

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What did the two of them do before sunrise at the fountain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** two · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** fountain

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1876 «Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve maidens, and Rosanella returns to marry the Prince» 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/1876-pg7277-part13/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t12:1
# text = What did the two of them do before sunrise at the fountain?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the two of them |  |  | the fountain | sunrise |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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They got distracted picking flowers for each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t12:o1:1
# text = They got distracted picking flowers for each other
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	distracted	distract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	picking	pick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	4	obl	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distract** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pick** | gerund |  | flowers |  |  |  | for each | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent flower=Theme for each=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They got distracted picking flowers and forgot to clear the fountain of leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t12:o2:1
# text = They got distracted picking flowers and forgot to clear the fountain of leaves
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	distracted	distract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	picking	pick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	clear	clear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distract** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pick** | gerund |  | flowers |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient |
| 3 | **forget** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **clear** | to-infinitive |  | the fountain of leaves |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent fountain=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They raced round the fountain several times and then got distracted with leaves and flowers

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t12:o3:1
# text = They raced round the fountain several times and then got distracted with leaves and flowers
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	raced	race	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	round	round	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	distracted	distract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **race** | past | They |  |  | the fountain | time |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round fountain=Trajectory |
| 2 | **distract** | past · passive | They *not said here* |  |  |  | then | with leaves and flowers | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They cleaned the stones and went home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t12:o4:1
# text = They cleaned the stones and went home
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cleaned	clean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | past | They | the stones |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stone=Patient |
| 2 | **go** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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