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# Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and…

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bestie, why did Little Three-eyes keep that third eye open, was she dead tired

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Little Three eyes, bestie · **What happens:** do, keep, be · **To what, where:** third eye

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1921 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes, part 58: the sisters spy on the goat's magic table, and the mother kills the goat» 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/1921-pg7277-part58/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1921-pg7277-part58:t5:1
# text = bestie, why did Little Three-eyes keep that third eye open, was she dead tired
1	bestie	bestie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
11	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | bestie *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | present | Little Three eyes | that third eye |  |  |  | open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | bestie |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | 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}

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To make sure the goat was safe from the wolves at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1921-pg7277-part58:t5:o1:1
# text = To make sure the goat was safe from the wolves at night
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | night | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **is** | past | the goat |  |  | the wolves |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To spy on her sister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1921-pg7277-part58:t5:o2:1
# text = To spy on her sister
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	spy	spy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spy** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | on her sister | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because she wanted to see if her sister was eating magic food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1921-pg7277-part58:t5:o3:1
# text = Because she wanted to see if her sister was eating magic food
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
11	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **eat** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | her sister | magic food |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because she was scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1921-pg7277-part58:t5:o4:1
# text = Because she was scared
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	scared	scared	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 |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |

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