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title: Was the dwarf's brother being sus when they wanted to roast the ducks? — Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the dwarf's brother being sus when they wanted to roast the ducks? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 762 «Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf drowns and the dwarf wins the three tasks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf drowns and the dwar…

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Was the dwarf's brother being sus when they wanted to roast the ducks?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** be, want, roast · **To what, where:** brother, ducks

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 762 «Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf drowns and the dwarf wins the three tasks» 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/762-pg2591-part38/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:t3:1
# text = Was the dwarf's brother being sus when they wanted to roast the ducks?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	csubj	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	roast	roast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the dwarf's brother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | suspect *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **want** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **roast** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the ducks |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent duck=Patient |

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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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yes, they were lowkey hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:t3:o1:1
# text = yes, they were lowkey hungry
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hungry	hungry	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 | they |  |  |  |  | hungry, lowkey *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yes, they were tryna cook them up for dinner ngl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:t3:o2:1
# text = yes, they were tryna cook them up for dinner ngl
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	tryna	tryna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
6	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	ngl	ngl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook up** | past | they | them *= they* |  |  |  | for dinner ngl | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent they=Product for ngl=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, they were just chillin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:t3:o3:1
# text = no, they were just chillin
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	chillin	chillin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | chillin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, they were tryna cook them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:t3:o4:1
# text = yes, they were tryna cook them
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	tryna	tryna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
6	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | past | they | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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