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title: Mad! What did the first head say the girl would be? — Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mad! What did the first head say the girl would be? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1576 «Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook, part 73: the brother fetches his sister, and they set sail with the stepmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 13 · ★ · Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook, part 73: the broth…

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Mad! What did the first head say the girl would be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** first head, girl · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1576 «Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook, part 73: the brother fetches his sister, and they set sail with the stepmother» 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/1576-pg540-part73/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mad!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:t13:1
# text = Mad!
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* What did the first head say the girl would be?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:t13:2
# text = What did the first head say the girl would be?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the first head |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | would | the girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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the loveliest queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:t13:o1:1
# text = the loveliest queen
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loveliest	lovely	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the prettiest girl ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:t13:o2:1
# text = the prettiest girl ever
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	prettiest	pretty	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the prettiest girl ever seen in the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:t13:o3:1
# text = the prettiest girl ever seen in the land
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	prettiest	pretty	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | participle |  | the prettiest girl *not said here* |  | the land | ever |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the prettiest girl in the whole world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:t13:o4:1
# text = the prettiest girl in the whole world
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	prettiest	pretty	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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