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# Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to…

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Like, the queen was sooo gutted. Wat did she reckon was worse than dying?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** queen, Wat · **What happens:** gut, reckon, be, die · **To what, where:** queen, Wat

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Like, the queen was sooo gutted.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t4:1
# text = Like, the queen was sooo gutted.
1	Like	like	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	sooo	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | past · passive |  | the queen |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |

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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:* Wat did she reckon was worse than dying?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t4:2
# text = Wat did she reckon was worse than dying?
1	Wat	wat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | queen | Wat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent wat=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | past | Wat |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **die** | gerund | Wat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Being lost in the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t4:o1:1
# text = Being lost in the forest
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund · passive |  |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: in forest=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Living in a cabin without any servants or fine food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t4:o2:1
# text = Living in a cabin without any servants or fine food
1	Living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cabin	cabin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  | a cabin |  | without any servants or fine food | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cabin=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Being stuck in the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t4:o3:1
# text = Being stuck in the palace
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | the palace |  | stuck *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Losing her husband and never seeing her children again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1179-pg3027-part45:t4:o4:1
# text = Losing her husband and never seeing her children again
1	Losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund |  | her husband |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **see** | gerund |  | her children |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus |

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