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title: So she guessed Solomon and Zebedee, right, and both were trash? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies… · tree and pragmatics
description: So she guessed Solomon and Zebedee, right, and both were trash? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1944 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl guesses the imp's name, and the sillies begin their troubles» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl g…

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So she guessed Solomon and Zebedee, right, and both were trash?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** guess, be · **To what, where:** Solomon, trash

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1944 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl guesses the imp's name, and the sillies begin their troubles» 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/1944-pg7439-part3/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t2:1
# text = So she guessed Solomon and Zebedee, right, and both were trash?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	guessed	guess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Zebedee	Zebedee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	trash	trash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | past | she | Solomon and Zebedee |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent solomon=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | both trash |  |  |  |  | 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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Yeah, Zebedee was a total miss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, Zebedee was a total miss
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Zebedee	Zebedee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	miss	miss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Zebedee | a total miss |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, both were well wrong, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, both were well wrong, lol
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | both |  |  |  |  | well, wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yeah, both were well wrong, lol, and then she tried a whole list of names before the big one finally landed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t2:o3:1
# text = Yeah, both were well wrong, lol, and then she tried a whole list of names before the big one finally landed
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
19	before	before	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
23	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | both |  |  |  |  | well, wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | past | she | a whole list of names |  |  | before the big one; then |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Eventuality |
| 3 | **land** | past | the big one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **list** |  |  | names |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, both were well wrong, lol, and she had to keep guessing names until she finally got the one that worked on him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah, both were well wrong, lol, and she had to keep guessing names until she finally got the one that worked on him
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	guessing	guess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | both |  |  |  |  | well, wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | guessing names |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
| 4 | **guess** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **get** | past | she | the one |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
| 6 | **work** | past | the one |  |  |  |  | on him *= he* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on he=Theme |

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