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title: who told him her name anyway? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and… · tree and pragmatics
description: who told him her name anyway? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1819 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam, part 3: magic things carry the prince to the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 11 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam,…

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who told him her name anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** her · **What happens:** tell, name · **To what, where:** name, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1819 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam, part 3: magic things carry the prince to the princess» 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/1819-pg7128-part3/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:t11:1
# text = who told him her name anyway?
1	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past |  | her name | him *= he* |  |  | anyway *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient name=Topic |
| 2 | **name** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A parrot named Hiraman in the jungle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:t11:o1:1
# text = A parrot named Hiraman in the jungle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	Hiraman	Hiraman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  | a parrot *not said here* |  | the jungle |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A talking parrot called Hiraman, far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:t11:o2:1
# text = A talking parrot called Hiraman, far away
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	talking	talking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	Hiraman	Hiraman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle |  | a talking parrot *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Her nurse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:t11:o3:1
# text = Her nurse
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A bird called Hiraman nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:t11:o4:1
# text = A bird called Hiraman nearby
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	Hiraman	Hiraman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
5	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle |  | a bird *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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