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# Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor mill…

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Proper gutted, the miller thought she meant a puppy. Wot did he actually say yes to?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** miller, Wot · **What happens:** gut, think, mean, do, say · **To what, where:** puppy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1702 «Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor miller strikes a bargain with a water spirit» 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/1702-pg640-part26/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Proper gutted, the miller thought she meant a puppy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t3:1
# text = Proper gutted, the miller thought she meant a puppy.
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | participle | the miller *not said here* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the miller |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | past | miller | a puppy |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Wot did he actually say yes to?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t3:2
# text = Wot did he actually say yes to?
1	Wot	Wot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Wot |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Wot |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the youngest thing in the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t3:o1:1
# text = the youngest thing in the house
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the first thing he saw at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t3:o2:1
# text = the first thing he saw at dawn
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dawn	dawn	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** | past | he | the first thing *not said here* |  |  | dawn |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the youngest thing in the house, not the puppy his wife wanted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t3:o3:1
# text = the youngest thing in the house, not the puppy his wife wanted
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the youngest thing in the house and the puppy  puppy's wife |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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whatever the nixy chose to take from the youngest room in his house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t3:o4:1
# text = whatever the nixy chose to take from the youngest room in his house
1	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nixy	nixy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | the nixy | whatever |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | the nixy *not said here* |  |  | the youngest room |  | in nixy's house | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from room=Initial\_Location |

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