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title: Was the youngest princess gutted when the basket went down? — Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the youngest princess gutted when the basket went down? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 4 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go d…

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Was the youngest princess gutted when the basket went down?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** basket · **What happens:** be, gut, go down · **To what, where:** youngest princess

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» 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/1293-pg3454-part18/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t4:1
# text = Was the youngest princess gutted when the basket went down?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	csubj	_	_
5	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the youngest princess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **gut** | participle | the basket *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go down** | past | the basket |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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}

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She was wrecked, she cried and was dead upset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t4:o1:1
# text = She was wrecked, she cried and was dead upset
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	wrecked	wreck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
10	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wreck** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | she |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, she cheered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t4:o2:1
# text = Nope, she cheered
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cheered	cheer	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 | **cheer** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was upset and cried a bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t4:o3:1
# text = She was upset and cried a bit
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bit	bit	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 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | She *not said here* | a bit |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was fine, she laughed and waved goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:t4:o4:1
# text = She was fine, she laughed and waved goodbye
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wave** | past | she *not said here* | goodbye |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodbye=Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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