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title: Yaar, what did the queen actually ask the fisherwoman? — Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laug… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yaar, what did the queen actually ask the fisherwoman? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 1 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the que…

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Yaar, what did the queen actually ask the fisherwoman?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Yaar · **What happens:** do, ask · **To what, where:** queen, fisherwoman

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» 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/1849-pg7128-part33/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t1:1
# text = Yaar, what did the queen actually ask the fisherwoman?
1	Yaar	Yaar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fisherwoman	fisherwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Yaar | the queen |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Yaar *not said here* | the fisherwoman |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fisherwoman=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

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What the fish was doing and whether it could talk to people at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t1:o1:1
# text = What the fish was doing and whether it could talk to people at all
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | the fish |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **talk** | could | fish |  |  | all |  | to people | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to people=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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If it was hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t1:o2:1
# text = If it was hungry
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whether the fish was male or female

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t1:o3:1
# text = Whether the fish was male or female
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the fish |  |  |  |  | male *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the fish *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If the big fish was a he or a she

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t1:o4:1
# text = If the big fish was a he or a she
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	0	root	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	conj	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	conj	_	_
```

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

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