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title: ngl, what did the three girls want to know, like what's their deal? — Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, what did the three girls want to know, like what's their deal? Test 5 · ★ 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 c
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# Test 5 · ★ · Grimm, Lucky Luck, part 3: the prince seeks Lucky Luck to…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ngl, what did the three girls want to know, like what's their deal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl, three girls · **What happens:** do, want, know, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:t5:1
# text = ngl, what did the three girls want to know, like what's their deal?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | ngl |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | the three girls |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the three girls *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | like girls's deal | 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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why no lad ever came to woo them, even though they were pretty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:t5:o1:1
# text = why no lad ever came to woo them, even though they were pretty
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	woo	woo	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | no lad |  |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **woo** | to-infinitive | no lad *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 3 | **be** | past | they |  |  |  |  | pretty *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
why no lad ever came to woo them at their mill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:t5:o2:1
# text = why no lad ever came to woo them at their mill
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	woo	woo	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | no lad |  |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **woo** | to-infinitive | no lad *not said here* | them *= they* |  | their mill |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
why no lad ever came to woo them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:t5:o3:1
# text = why no lad ever came to woo them
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	woo	woo	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | no lad |  |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **woo** | to-infinitive | no lad *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
why no man came to visit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:663-pg2435-part3:t5:o4:1
# text = why no man came to visit
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | no man |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **visit** | to-infinitive | no man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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