--- title: Why'd the Fairy let her in anyway? — Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the F… · tree and pragmatics description: Why'd the Fairy let her in anyway? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1497 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 84: the magician fakes a fever and gets in» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1497-pg503-part84/t13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1497-pg503-part84/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part… Why'd the Fairy let her in anyway? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fairy, her · **What happens:** let, in · **To what, where:** her This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1497 «Arabian Nights, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 84: the magician fakes a fever and gets in» 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/1497-pg503-part84/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t13:1 # text = Why'd the Fairy let her in anyway? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 in in VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | would | the Fairy | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **in** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | anyway *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} She was nice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t13:o1:1 # text = She was nice 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 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | nice *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ahmed asked her to ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t13:o2:1 # text = Ahmed asked her to 1 Ahmed Ahmed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Ahmed | | her *= she* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Dunno ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t13:o3:1 # text = Dunno 1 Dunno Dunno PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Because she was tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1497-pg503-part84:t13:o4:1 # text = Because she was tired 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | **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. 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