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title: Did the girls even listen to Frost, or were they salty? — Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the girls even listen to Frost, or were they salty? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 457 «Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daughters freeze in the forest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 6 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daug…

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Did the girls even listen to Frost, or were they salty?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girls · **What happens:** do, listen, be

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 457 «Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daughters freeze in the forest» 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/457-pg22373-part49/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:t6:1
# text = Did the girls even listen to Frost, or were they salty?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	listen	listen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **listen** | present | the girls |  |  |  |  | to Frost | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to frost=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | girls *= girl* |  |  |  |  | salty *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 {#o1}

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They were mega salty and rude to him, mocking his voice and refusing to say anything kind

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:t6:o1:1
# text = They were mega salty and rude to him, mocking his voice and refusing to say anything kind
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	mega	mega	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	parataxis	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	refusing	refuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	18	compound	_	_
18	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | mega, salty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | They *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mock** | gerund |  | his voice |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme |
| 4 | **refuse** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 5 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | anything kind |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kind=Topic |

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

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They were mega salty and rude to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:t6:o2:1
# text = They were mega salty and rude to him
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	mega	mega	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  | him *= he* |  |  | mega, salty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They were mega salty and rude to him, not even answering his questions at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:t6:o3:1
# text = They were mega salty and rude to him, not even answering his questions at all
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	mega	mega	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	answering	answer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | mega, salty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | They *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | They *not said here* | his questions |  | all |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality |
| 4 | **question** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They were quiet and proud to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:t6:o4:1
# text = They were quiet and proud to him
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | They *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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