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title: lol what did saphir do when he was thirsty? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird,… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol what did saphir do when he was thirsty? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1690 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 14: Saphir gets the bird's branch, then finds a maiden and a palace where the fountain was» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 3 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 14: Saphir get…

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lol what did saphir do when he was thirsty?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** saphir · **What happens:** do, be

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1690 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 14: Saphir gets the bird's branch, then finds a maiden and a palace where the fountain was» 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/1690-pg640-part14/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1690-pg640-part14:t3:1
# text = lol what did saphir do when he was thirsty?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	saphir	saphir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | saphir |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past | saphir |  |  |  |  | thirsty *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 {#o1}

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he dug a brand new well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1690-pg640-part14:t3:o1:1
# text = he dug a brand new well
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	brand	brand	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past | he | a new |  |  |  | well *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent new=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he tried to eat the frog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1690-pg640-part14:t3:o2:1
# text = he tried to eat the frog
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the frog |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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he went straight to sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1690-pg640-part14:t3:o3:1
# text = he went straight to sleep
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  | straight *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he drank till he was full

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1690-pg640-part14:t3:o4:1
# text = he drank till he was full
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | full *property* | 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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