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title: That's so cringe, how did the queen end up a fish? — Lang's Fairy Book, The Lazy Girl and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: That's so cringe, how did the queen end up a fish? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1175 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Lazy Girl and the Fish, part 41: the prince wins back Desiree, and the idle girl turns into a fish under the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 8 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Lazy Girl and the Fish, part 41: th…

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That's so cringe, how did the queen end up a fish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** That, cringe · **What happens:** be, do, end up · **To what, where:** cringe, queen, fish

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1175 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Lazy Girl and the Fish, part 41: the prince wins back Desiree, and the idle girl turns into a fish under the sea» 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/1175-pg3027-part41/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1175-pg3027-part41:t8:1
# text = That's so cringe, how did the queen end up a fish?
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | cringe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the queen |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality |
| 3 | **end up** | present | cringe | a fish |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient fish=Result |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She threw herself in the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1175-pg3027-part41:t8:o1:1
# text = She threw herself in the sea
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | She | herself *= she* |  | the sea |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in sea=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She jumped from the high cliff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1175-pg3027-part41:t8:o2:1
# text = She jumped from the high cliff
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | past | She |  |  | the high cliff |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from cliff=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She drowned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1175-pg3027-part41:t8:o3:1
# text = She drowned
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was cursed by a wizard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1175-pg3027-part41:t8:o4:1
# text = She was cursed by a wizard
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past · passive | a wizard | She |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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