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title: who was that ugly one who cackled at the queen? — Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer · tree and pragmatics
description: who was that ugly one who cackled at the queen? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
who was that ugly one who cackled at the queen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ugly one · **What happens:** be, cackle · **To what, where:** ugly one

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» 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/1506-pg540-part3/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t9:1
# text = who was that ugly one who cackled at the queen?
1	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cackled	cackle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | ugly one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cackle** | past | ugly one |  |  |  |  | at the queen | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at queen=Stimulus |

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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 -->
the fairy carabosse, the witch, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t9:o1:1
# text = the fairy carabosse, the witch, innit
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	carabosse	carabosse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the fairy carabosse, the witch who lives in the hollow tree, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t9:o2:1
# text = the fairy carabosse, the witch who lives in the hollow tree, innit
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	carabosse	carabosse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the witch |  |  | the hollow tree |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the fairy carabosse, the witch, innit, she turned up in a massive cloak and cackled

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t9:o3:1
# text = the fairy carabosse, the witch, innit, she turned up in a massive cloak and cackled
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	carabosse	carabosse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	cackled	cackle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn up** | past | the fairy carabosse and the witch |  |  | a massive cloak |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cloak=Location |
| 2 | **cackle** | participle | the fairy carabosse and the witch *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
some old fairy who lives in the woods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t9:o4:1
# text = some old fairy who lives in the woods
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | some old fairy |  |  | the woods |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location |

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