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title: Mate, the frog was like half a fairy, innit? What stopped her magic? — Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, the frog was like half a fairy, innit? What stopped her magic? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1179 «Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to a gloomy palace, and frogs help her make a bee-sting pasty and build a cabin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to…

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Mate, the frog was like half a fairy, innit? What stopped her magic?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate frog · **What happens:** be, innit, stop · **To what, where:** magic

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1179 «Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to a gloomy palace, and frogs help her make a bee-sting pasty and build a cabin» 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/1179-pg3027-part45/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mate, the frog was like half a fairy, innit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t2:1
# text = Mate, the frog was like half a fairy, innit?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	9	det:predet	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Mate frog |  |  |  |  | like half fairy | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What stopped her magic?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t2:2
# text = What stopped her magic?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past |  | fairy's magic |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality magic=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Her cap fell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t2:o1:1
# text = Her cap fell
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	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 | **fall** | past | Her cap |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A bird took her rose cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t2:o2:1
# text = A bird took her rose cap
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | a bird |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 2 | **rise** | past | bird | cap |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cap=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Her rose-leaf cap was off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t2:o3:1
# text = Her rose-leaf cap was off
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
2	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Her hat was lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t2:o4:1
# text = Her hat was lost
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive |  | Her hat |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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