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title: Who was the mint lady in the ivory car? — Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Fr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who was the mint lady in the ivory car? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1691 «Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, and the bird cures the King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, an…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who was the mint lady in the ivory car?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** mint lady, ivory car

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1691 «Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, and the bird cures the King» 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/1691-pg640-part15/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t4:1
# text = Who was the mint lady in the ivory car?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	ivory	ivory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the mint lady |  | the ivory car |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fairy Aglantine, who had been a widow of the court for many long years

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t4:o1:1
# text = The fairy Aglantine, who had been a widow of the court for many long years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Aglantine	Aglantine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past · perfect | the fairy | a widow |  |  |  | of the court for many long years | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aunt Aglantine, the sister of the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t4:o2:1
# text = Aunt Aglantine, the sister of the King
1	Aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Aglantine	Aglantine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aunt Aglantine, the widow of Diamantino, who had come to take the Prince home

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t4:o3:1
# text = Aunt Aglantine, the widow of Diamantino, who had come to take the Prince home
1	Aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Aglantine	Aglantine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Diamantino	Diamantino	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past · perfect | Aunt and the widow of Diamantino |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | Aunt and the widow of Diamantino *not said here* | the Prince home |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aunt Aglantine, the widow of Diamantino

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:t4:o4:1
# text = Aunt Aglantine, the widow of Diamantino
1	Aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Aglantine	Aglantine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Diamantino	Diamantino	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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