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title: is the story about Michael the whole time or does someone else come in — Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Pri… · tree and pragmatics
description: is the story about Michael the whole time or does someone else come in Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1504 «Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Michael the Star Gazer finds two magic laurels» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 11 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Mic…

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is the story about Michael the whole time or does someone else come in

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** story · **What happens:** be, do, come in · **To what, where:** story, someone

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1504 «Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Michael the Star Gazer finds two magic laurels» 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/1504-pg540-part1/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t11:1
# text = is the story about Michael the whole time or does someone else come in
1	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
12	else	else	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	in	in	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the story |  |  |  | about Michael | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | the story *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Eventuality |
| 3 | **come in** | infinitive | the story |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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mostly Michael, the lady is in it too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t11:o1:1
# text = mostly Michael, the lady is in it too
1	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the lady |  |  | it |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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mostly Michael at first, then the princesses show up and it gets a lot more dramatic

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t11:o2:1
# text = mostly Michael at first, then the princesses show up and it gets a lot more dramatic
1	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	17	advmod	_	_
17	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show up** | present | Michael |  |  |  | then |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | it | a lot |  |  |  | dramatic *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
mostly Michael, but the princesses and the gardener and the lady are in it too, honestly

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t11:o3:1
# text = mostly Michael, but the princesses and the gardener and the lady are in it too, honestly
1	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
16	too	too	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
18	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the princesses and the gardener and the lady |  |  | it |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
mostly Michael, the princesses are in it too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1504-pg540-part1:t11:o4:1
# text = mostly Michael, the princesses are in it too
1	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the princesses |  |  | it |  |  | tree rules |

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