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title: Why did Graciosa fake being poorly, like? — Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Graciosa fake being poorly, like? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1542 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, part 39: feathers instead of rods, a forest, and a crystal palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 3 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, pa…

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Why did Graciosa fake being poorly, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Graciosa · **What happens:** fake, be

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1542 «Blue Fairy Book, Princess Graciosa and Prince Percinet, part 39: feathers instead of rods, a forest, and a crystal palace» 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/1542-pg540-part39/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t3:1
# text = Why did Graciosa fake being poorly, like?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Graciosa	Graciosa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fake	fake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	poorly	poorly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | past · do-support | Graciosa |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | poorly *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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so the Duchess thought she was battered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t3:o1:1
# text = so the Duchess thought she was battered
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	battered	batter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Duchess |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **batter** | past · passive |  | Duchess |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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so the Duchess thought she was battered and would call off the whole beating right away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t3:o2:1
# text = so the Duchess thought she was battered and would call off the whole beating right away
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	battered	batter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	beating	beating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	xcomp	_	_
15	right	right	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Duchess |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **batter** | past · passive |  | Duchess |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument |
| 3 | **call off** *speech: assert* | would |  | the whole beating |  |  |  | away *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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cos she fancied a lie-in and wanted the Duchess to fuss over her all day long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t3:o3:1
# text = cos she fancied a lie-in and wanted the Duchess to fuss over her all day long
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	in	in	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	fuss	fuss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** | past | cos | a lie in |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer in=Stimulus |
| 2 | **want** | past | cos *not said here* | the Duchess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fuss** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Duchess *not said here* |  |  |  | day | over cos; long *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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so the Duchess figured she was knackered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1542-pg540-part39:t3:o4:1
# text = so the Duchess figured she was knackered
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	figured	figure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	knackered	knacker	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **figure** | past | the Duchess |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **knacker** | past · passive |  | Duchess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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