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title: Lol, what did the peacocks do when they saw the fake bride? — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, what did the peacocks do when they saw the fake bride? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1526 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked nurse plans to swap her daughter for the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 3 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked n…

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Lol, what did the peacocks do when they saw the fake bride?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** peacocks · **What happens:** do, see · **To what, where:** fake bride

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1526 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked nurse plans to swap her daughter for the Princess» 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/1526-pg540-part23/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:t3:1
# text = Lol, what did the peacocks do when they saw the fake bride?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	peacocks	peacock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the peacocks |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **see** | past | peacocks *= peacock* | the fake bride |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bride=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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they bowed and sang her praise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:t3:o1:1
# text = they bowed and sang her praise
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | they *not said here* | her praise |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location praise=Theme |
| 3 | **praise** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom praise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they cried "Oh! how ugly she is!" and flew away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:t3:o2:1
# text = they cried "Oh! how ugly she is!" and flew away
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | ugly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fly away** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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they screamed and fled away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:t3:o3:1
# text = they screamed and fled away
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	screamed	scream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **flee away** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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they cried "Oh! how ugly she is!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1526-pg540-part23:t3:o4:1
# text = they cried "Oh! how ugly she is!"
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | ugly *property* | tree rules |

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