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title: was the Fairy of the Fountain actually there, or nah? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Princess Desir… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the Fairy of the Fountain actually there, or nah? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1172 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Princess Desiree, part 38: the false bride is taken to the palace and exposed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 4 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Princess Desiree, part 38: the fal…

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was the Fairy of the Fountain actually there, or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fairy · **What happens:** be

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1172 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Princess Desiree, part 38: the false bride is taken to the palace and exposed» 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/1172-pg3027-part38/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1172-pg3027-part38:t4:1
# text = was the Fairy of the Fountain actually there, or nah?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Fountain	Fountain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Fairy of the Fountain |  |  |  |  | actually, there *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}

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No, but her spell was in the silver brocade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1172-pg3027-part38:t4:o1:1
# text = No, but her spell was in the silver brocade
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	brocade	brocade	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** | past | her spell |  |  | the silver brocade |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spell** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, she sat hidden in the carriage roof the whole way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1172-pg3027-part38:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, she sat hidden in the carriage roof the whole way
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · passive |  | she |  | the carriage roof |  | the whole way *obl:unmarked* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in roof=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, by the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1172-pg3027-part38:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, by the window
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but invisible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1172-pg3027-part38:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, but invisible
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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