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title: What was the Queen's reaction upon hearing her daughter's report of… — The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the Queen's reaction upon hearing her daughter's report of the failed wedding? Exam question 4 of lesson 1866 «The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked, then turned into a Blue Bird» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 4 · The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked,…

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What was the Queen's reaction upon hearing her daughter's report of the failed wedding?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reaction, daughter · **What happens:** be, hear, fail, report · **To what, where:** reaction, report, failed wedding

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1866 «The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked, then turned into a Blue Bird» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1866-pg7277-part3/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e4:1
# text = What was the Queen's reaction upon hearing her daughter's report of the failed wedding?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Queen's reaction |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | gerund | the Queen's reaction *not said here* | her daughter's report of the failed wedding |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer report=Stimulus |
| 3 | **fail** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **report** |  | her daughter | the failed wedding |  |  |  |  | nom report «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=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 {#o1}

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Terrible anger, directed at Fiordelisa, who she blamed for the whole shameful failure

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = Terrible anger, directed at Fiordelisa, who she blamed for the whole shameful failure
1	Terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Fiordelisa	Fiordelisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	blamed	blame	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	shameful	shameful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **direct** | participle |  | Terrible anger *not said here* |  | Fiordelisa |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at fiordelisa=Eventuality |
| 2 | **blame** | past |  |  |  |  |  | for the whole shameful failure | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for failure=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Terrible anger, directed at Fiordelisa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = Terrible anger, directed at Fiordelisa
1	Terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Fiordelisa	Fiordelisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **direct** | participle |  | Terrible anger *not said here* |  | Fiordelisa |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at fiordelisa=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Terrible rage and fury, directed at Fiordelisa and the whole palace staff who had failed her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = Terrible rage and fury, directed at Fiordelisa and the whole palace staff who had failed her
1	Terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	fury	fury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Fiordelisa	Fiordelisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **direct** | participle |  | Terrible rage and fury *not said here* |  | Fiordelisa and the whole palace staff |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent at fiordelisa=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fail** | past · perfect | the whole palace staff | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Sadness and tears, aimed at the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = Sadness and tears, aimed at the King
1	Sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	aimed	aim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **aim** | participle |  | Sadness and tears *not said here* |  |  |  | at the King | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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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