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title: what did the two elder tailors do that was mean? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Cl… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the two elder tailors do that was mean? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1933 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Clever Tailor: the tailor guesses the Princess's hair and tames the bear» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Clever Tailor: the tai…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did the two elder tailors do that was mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** two elder tailors, that · **What happens:** do, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1933 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Clever Tailor: the tailor guesses the Princess's hair and tames the bear» 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/1933-pg7277-part70/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1933-pg7277-part70:t7:1
# text = what did the two elder tailors do that was mean?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tailors	tailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	csubj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the two elder tailors |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past | that |  |  |  |  | mean *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They unscrewed the bear so it would catch the carriage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1933-pg7277-part70:t7:o1:1
# text = They unscrewed the bear so it would catch the carriage
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	unscrewed	unscrew	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	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unscrew** | past | They | the bear |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient |
| 2 | **catch** | would | bear | the carriage |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They unscrewed the bear so it would catch the carriage and tear it apart.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1933-pg7277-part70:t7:o2:1
# text = They unscrewed the bear so it would catch the carriage and tear it apart.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	unscrewed	unscrew	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	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	tear	tear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unscrew** | past | They | the bear |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient |
| 2 | **catch** | would | bear | the carriage |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme |
| 3 | **tear** | infinitive | bear *not said here* | carriage |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They tied the bear up so it would chase the horses.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1933-pg7277-part70:t7:o3:1
# text = They tied the bear up so it would chase the horses.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tied	tie	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	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	chase	chase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie up** | past | They | the bear |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient |
| 2 | **chase** | would | bear | the horses |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They locked the Princess in the tower room.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1933-pg7277-part70:t7:o4:1
# text = They locked the Princess in the tower room.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	locked	lock	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	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past | They | the Princess |  | the tower room |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |

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