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title: Did the Fairy have a massive dress or a tiny one? — d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Per… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the Fairy have a massive dress or a tiny one? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1540 «d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the Wicked King's ruin and Grumbly's crown-filled casks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 11 · ★ · d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the Fairy have a massive dress or a tiny one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fairy · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** massive dress

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1540 «d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the Wicked King's ruin and Grumbly's crown-filled casks» 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/1540-pg540-part37/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1540-pg540-part37:t11:1
# text = Did the Fairy have a massive dress or a tiny one?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the Fairy | a massive dress or a tiny one |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
Massive, its train was at least ten ells long, bare long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1540-pg540-part37:t11:o1:1
# text = Massive, its train was at least ten ells long, bare long
1	Massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	nmod	_	_
8	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	ells	ell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | its train |  |  |  |  | ten ells *obl:unmarked*; long *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Small, actually, its train was only a few feet, mate.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1540-pg540-part37:t11:o2:1
# text = Small, actually, its train was only a few feet, mate.
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | its train | a Small few feet and mate |  |  |  | actually *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Massive, mate, the train was so long it swept the whole hall clean and had to be carried by six servants at once.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1540-pg540-part37:t11:o3:1
# text = Massive, mate, the train was so long it swept the whole hall clean and had to be carried by six servants at once.
1	Massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	swept	sweep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
19	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	xcomp	_	_
21	by	by	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
23	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Massive mate and the train |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sweep** | past | train | the whole hall |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hall=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | past | train *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **carry** | to-infinitive · passive | six servants |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tiny, its train was barely a yard long, quite small, innit.

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1540-pg540-part37:t11:o4:1
# text = Tiny, its train was barely a yard long, quite small, innit.
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | its train |  |  |  |  | a yard *obl:unmarked*; barely, long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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