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title: how did they end up finding the little girl, was it dead lucky? — Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear,… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did they end up finding the little girl, was it dead lucky? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1296 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the princess loses her children one by one, then follows her husband on the last journey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 12 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the prince…

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how did they end up finding the little girl, was it dead lucky?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they, it · **What happens:** end up, find, be · **To what, where:** little girl

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1296 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the princess loses her children one by one, then follows her husband on the last journey» 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/1296-pg3454-part21/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t12:1
# text = how did they end up finding the little girl, was it dead lucky?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	finding	find	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | past · do-support | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | gerund | they *not said here* | the little girl |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | lucky *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he turned up another lane at sunset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t12:o1:1
# text = he turned up another lane at sunset
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn up** | past | he | another lane |  |  | sunset |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lane=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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she followed the sound of crying through the woods and found the girl at a farm miles away

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t12:o2:1
# text = she followed the sound of crying through the woods and found the girl at a farm miles away
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
18	away	away	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | past | she | the sound |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the sound *not said here* |  |  | the woods |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Location |
| 3 | **find** | past | she *not said here* | the girl |  |  |  | at a farm miles | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent girl=Theme at mile=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a shepherd spotted the little girl wandering the hills and brought her to the princess at sunset

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t12:o3:1
# text = a shepherd spotted the little girl wandering the hills and brought her to the princess at sunset
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spotted	spot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past | a shepherd |  | the little girl |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent girl=Destination |
| 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | a shepherd *not said here* | the hills |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bring** | past | a shepherd *not said here* | girl | the princess |  | sunset |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to princess=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he popped up down a lane at dusk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t12:o4:1
# text = he popped up down a lane at dusk
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	popped	pop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pop up** | past | he |  |  |  | dusk | down a lane | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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