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title: Why was the dwarf so W in the castle, bro? — Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was the dwarf so W in the castle, bro? Test 7 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf drowns and the dwar…

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Why was the dwarf so W in the castle, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dwarf W · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:t7:1
# text = Why was the dwarf so W in the castle, bro?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	W	W	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the dwarf W in the castle |  |  |  |  | why *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he did all three tasks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:t7:o1:1
# text = he did all three tasks
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | he | all three tasks |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he solved the riddles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:t7:o2:1
# text = he solved the riddles
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	solved	solve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	riddles	riddle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **solve** | past | he | the riddles |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he did all three tasks and married the princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:t7:o3:1
# text = he did all three tasks and married the princess
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | he | all three tasks |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality |
| 2 | **marry** | past | he *not said here* | the princess |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he found the pearls, the key, and the ducks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:t7:o4:1
# text = he found the pearls, the key, and the ducks
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | he | the pearls and the key |  |  |  | the ducks *obl* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Topic |

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