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title: so the fox was totally straight with the youngest son, yeah? — Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the fox was totally straight with the youngest son, yeah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 725 «Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest son catches the bird, is caught, and must fetch a golden horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest s…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the fox was totally straight with the youngest son, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fox · **What happens:** be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 725 «Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest son catches the bird, is caught, and must fetch a golden horse» 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/725-pg2591-part1/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:t1:1
# text = so the fox was totally straight with the youngest son, yeah?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
5	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the fox |  |  |  |  | with the youngest son; straight *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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he tricked them once or twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, he tricked them once or twice
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  | once *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he gave good advice, but he also stole the golden apples himself later

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he gave good advice, but he also stole the golden apples himself later
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	also	also	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
15	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obl	_	_
16	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | he | good advice |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | past | he | the golden apples |  |  |  | himself *= he* *obl*; late *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location apple=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he gave good advice every time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he gave good advice every time
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | he | good advice |  |  | time |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he tricked the youngest son into the golden cage at the inn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, he tricked the youngest son into the golden cage at the inn
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tricked	trick	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	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | he | the youngest son |  |  |  | into the golden cage *result*; at the inn | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent son=Patient into cage=Result |

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