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title: mate, what was the miller salty about, like what was his big problem? — Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince… · tree and pragmatics
description: mate, what was the miller salty about, like what was his big problem? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 663 «Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to save his servant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 4 · ★ · Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to…

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mate, what was the miller salty about, like what was his big problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big problem

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 663 «Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to save his servant» 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/663-pg2435-part3/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:t4:1
# text = mate, what was the miller salty about, like what was his big problem?
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | mate |  |  |  |  | the miller *obl:unmarked*; about, salty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | mate *not said here* | his big problem |  |  |  |  | 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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his mill was far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:t4:o1:1
# text = his mill was far away
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	_	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his mill |  |  |  |  | away, far *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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his mill was bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:t4:o2:1
# text = his mill was bad
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	_	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his mill |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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his mill was mad good but he stayed broke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:t4:o3:1
# text = his mill was mad good but he stayed broke
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	_	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	broke	broke	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his mill |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | past | he |  |  |  |  | broke *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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his bread was stale and cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:t4:o4:1
# text = his bread was stale and cold
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	stale	stale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his bread |  |  |  |  | stale *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | his bread *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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