--- title: Dude, the cherries were lit, weren't they? — Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16:… · tree and pragmatics description: Dude, the cherries were lit, weren't they? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 289 «Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old woman's garden asks the flowers about Kay» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/289-pg1597-part16/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/289-pg1597-part16/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old wom… Dude, the cherries were lit, weren't they? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** lit, not be · **To what, where:** Dude, cherries This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 289 «Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old woman's garden asks the flowers about Kay» 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/289-pg1597-part16/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:t3:1 # text = Dude, the cherries were lit, weren't they? 1 Dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cherries cherry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 lit lit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lit** | past · passive | | Dude | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is a** | past | | cherries *= cherry* | | | | | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Gerda ate as many cherries as she chose, every single day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:t3:o1:1 # text = Gerda ate as many cherries as she chose, every single day 1 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cherries cherry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 11 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | Gerda | many cherries | | | day | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cherry=Patient | | 2 | **choose** | past | Gerda | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} She tasted one and then went home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:t3:o2:1 # text = She tasted one and then went home 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tasted taste VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **taste** | past | She | one | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme one=Attribute | | 2 | **go** | past | She *not said here* | | | | then | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Gerda ate as many as she chose ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:t3:o3:1 # text = Gerda ate as many as she chose 1 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | Gerda | many | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient | | 2 | **choose** | past | Gerda | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Gerda picked only the ripe red ones ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:t3:o4:1 # text = Gerda picked only the ripe red ones 1 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 ripe ripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | past | Gerda | the ripe red ones | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | **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. 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