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title: wait, the stepsisters got fat and ugly? — Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, the stepsisters got fat and ugly? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 441 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying mother leaves a doll, and a stepmother makes Vasilissa work» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying m…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wait, the stepsisters got fat and ugly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, stepsisters · **What happens:** wait, get

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 441 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying mother leaves a doll, and a stepmother makes Vasilissa work» 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/441-pg22373-part33/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:t10:1
# text = wait, the stepsisters got fat and ugly?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stepsisters	stepsister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | the stepsisters |  |  |  |  | fat *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they got skinny and gross, which made them very unhappy about it

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:t10:o1:1
# text = nah, they got skinny and gross, which made them very unhappy about it
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	skinny	skinny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | skinny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | past |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | unhappy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they got loud and rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:t10:o2:1
# text = yeah, they got loud and rude
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | they |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they got skinny and gross and lost all their good looks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:t10:o3:1
# text = nah, they got skinny and gross and lost all their good looks
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	skinny	skinny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	looks	look	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | they |  |  |  |  | skinny *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **lose** | past | they *not said here* | their good looks |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they got skinny and gross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:t10:o4:1
# text = nah, they got skinny and gross
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	skinny	skinny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | they |  |  |  |  | skinny *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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