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description: Chuffed the Princess got her parrot back, yeah? Wot shape did the Prince take after the feather? Test 7 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor mill…

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Chuffed the Princess got her parrot back, yeah? Wot shape did the Prince take after the feather?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Princess, Prince · **What happens:** chuff, get back, take · **To what, where:** parrot, Wot shape

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Chuffed the Princess got her parrot back, yeah?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t7:1
# text = Chuffed the Princess got her parrot back, yeah?
1	Chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get back** | past | the Princess | Princess's parrot |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parrot=Stimulus |

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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 shape did the Prince take after the feather?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t7:2
# text = Wot shape did the Prince take after the feather?
1	Wot	wot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · do-support | the Prince | Wot shape |  |  | after the feather |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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a prince of surpassing beauty, dressed in gold and silver robes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t7:o1:1
# text = a prince of surpassing beauty, dressed in gold and silver robes
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	surpassing	surpass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surpass** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **dress** | participle |  | surpassing beauty *not said here* |  | gold and silver robes |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a prince of surpassing beauty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t7:o2:1
# text = a prince of surpassing beauty
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	surpassing	surpass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surpass** | gerund | a prince *not said here* | beauty |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beauty=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a knight of noble birth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t7:o3:1
# text = a knight of noble birth
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a prince of surpassing beauty and a great warrior of the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t7:o4:1
# text = a prince of surpassing beauty and a great warrior of the land
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	surpassing	surpass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surpass** | gerund | a prince *not said here* | beauty and a great warrior of the land |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beauty=Theme |

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