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title: Who was the carp, like, what was she called? — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who was the carp, like, what was she called? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 2 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming…

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Who was the carp, like, what was she called?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, call · **To what, where:** carp · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» 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/1459-pg503-part46/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t2:1
# text = Who was the carp, like, what was she called?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	carp	carp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the carp |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | past · passive |  | the carp |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme what=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Dame Carp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t2:o1:1
# text = Dame Carp
1	Dame	Dame	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Carp	Carp	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dame Perch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t2:o2:1
# text = Dame Perch
1	Dame	Dame	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Perch	Perch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lady Trout

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t2:o3:1
# text = Lady Trout
1	Lady	Lady	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Trout	Trout	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dunno

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t2:o4:1
# text = Dunno
1	Dunno	Dunno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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