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title: Hang on, the dove turned into an egg, how mad is that? — Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Hang on, the dove turned into an egg, how mad is that? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1711 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-girl is freed and the wicked Fairy drowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hang on, the dove turned into an egg, how mad is that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, dove, that · **What happens:** hang on, turn, be · **To what, where:** egg

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1711 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-girl is freed and the wicked Fairy drowns» 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/1711-pg640-part35/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t4:1
# text = Hang on, the dove turned into an egg, how mad is that?
1	Hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
12	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang on** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **turn** | past | the dove |  |  | a egg |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into egg=Trajectory |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | mad *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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, dead weird, a proper magic thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, dead weird, a proper magic thing
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dead mad, yeah, and it was a sneaky trick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t4:o2:1
# text = Dead mad, yeah, and it was a sneaky trick
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a sneaky trick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dead mad, yeah, and it was a sneaky trick by the Fairy to fool the Prince

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t4:o3:1
# text = Dead mad, yeah, and it was a sneaky trick by the Fairy to fool the Prince
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	fool	fool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a sneaky trick |  |  |  | by the Fairy | tree rules |
| 2 | **fool** | to-infinitive |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it wasn't mad at all, it was just a normal egg that rolled off a nest

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t4:o4:1
# text = Nah, it wasn't mad at all, it was just a normal egg that rolled off a nest
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	off	off	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | it |  |  | all |  | mad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | a normal egg |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **roll off** | past | a normal egg | a nest |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Theme |

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