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title: Did the little fishes actually eat the Fairy in the end? — Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the little fishes actually eat the Fairy in the end? Test 9 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-…

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Did the little fishes actually eat the Fairy in the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little fishes · **What happens:** eat · **To what, where:** Fairy, end

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t9:1
# text = Did the little fishes actually eat the Fairy in the end?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fishes	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | the little fishes | the Fairy |  |  | in the end | actually *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she made a proper good meal for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she made a proper good meal for them
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | she | a proper good meal |  |  |  | for them *= they* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent meal=Product for they=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she made a proper good meal for them and they were well fed for weeks after

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t9:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she made a proper good meal for them and they were well fed for weeks after
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
15	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
18	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | she | a proper good meal |  |  |  | for them *= they* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent meal=Product for they=Asset |
| 2 | **feed after** | past · passive |  | they |  |  | week | well *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she got away in the thorns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t9:o3:1
# text = Nah, she got away in the thorns
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get away** | past | she |  |  | the thorns |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the fishes ate her bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1711-pg640-part35:t9:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the fishes ate her bones
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fishes	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the fishes | her bones |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |

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