--- title: test: Mate, why did the old Queen just laugh it off? — Fairy Book, The Witch, part 1: the Sun… · tree and pragmatics description: test: Mate, why did the old Queen just laugh it off? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1726 «Fairy Book, The Witch, part 1: the Sun-Hero is doomed, and twins flee a witch's hut» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1726-pg640-part50/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Book, The Witch, part 1: the Sun…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1726-pg640-part50/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Witch, part 1: the Sun-Hero is doomed, and… test: Mate, why did the old Queen just laugh it off? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old Queen · **What happens:** laugh off · **To what, where:** test This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1726 «Fairy Book, The Witch, part 1: the Sun-Hero is doomed, and twins flee a witch's hut» 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/1726-pg640-part50/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1726-pg640-part50:t2:1 # text = test: Mate, why did the old Queen just laugh it off? 1 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh off** | past · do-support | the old Queen | test and Mate | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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} she thought the Fairy had him covered ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1726-pg640-part50:t2:o1:1 # text = she thought the Fairy had him covered 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | she | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | the Fairy | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cover** | participle | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} she had seen the Fairy protect him and was amused by his cheek ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1726-pg640-part50:t2:o2:1 # text = she had seen the Fairy protect him and was amused by his cheek 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 amused amuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 11 by by 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 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · perfect | she | the Fairy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **protect** | infinitive | the Fairy *not said here* | | Fairy | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 3 | **amuse** | past · passive | Fairy's cheek | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} she thought the Fairy had him covered by magic ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1726-pg640-part50:t2:o3:1 # text = she thought the Fairy had him covered by magic 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | she | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | the Fairy | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cover** | participle | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | by magic | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} she knew the Sun would save him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1726-pg640-part50:t2:o4:1 # text = she knew the Sun would save him 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | she | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **save** | would | the Sun | him *= he* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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