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title: wait, why did Grimace freak out so hard? — Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why did Grimace freak out so hard? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1662 «Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess escapes the fairy on a magic fan and meets Souci in the air» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 2 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess es…

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wait, why did Grimace freak out so hard?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Grimace · **What happens:** wait, freak out

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1662 «Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess escapes the fairy on a magic fan and meets Souci in the air» 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/1662-pg5615-part51/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t2:1
# text = wait, why did Grimace freak out so hard?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Grimace	Grimace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	freak	freak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **freak out** | past · do-support | Grimace |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Cause the princess took the old fan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t2:o1:1
# text = Cause the princess took the old fan
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **take** | past | the Cause princess | the old fan |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because she wanted the fan for herself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t2:o2:1
# text = Because she wanted the fan for herself
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she | the fan |  |  |  | for herself *= she* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fan=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Because the princess wouldn't hand over the fan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t2:o3:1
# text = Because the princess wouldn't hand over the fan
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hand over** | would | the princess | the fan |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the fairy was really angry that the princess had hidden the fan under her feet

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1662-pg5615-part51:t2:o4:1
# text = Because the fairy was really angry that the princess had hidden the fan under her feet
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	under	under	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the fairy |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | past · perfect · passive |  | the princess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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