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title: Who did the Queen say were the happiest pair in the world? — The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who did the Queen say were the happiest pair in the world? Test 10 · ★ 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 the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 10 · ★ · The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked,…

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Who did the Queen say were the happiest pair in the world?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** happiest pair, world · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:t10:1
# text = Who did the Queen say were the happiest pair in the world?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	happiest	happy	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the Queen |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the happiest pair |  | the world |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Turritella and King Charming, dancing in the palace hall every single night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:t10:o1:1
# text = Turritella and King Charming, dancing in the palace hall every single night
1	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:desc	_	_
4	Charming	Charming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | gerund | Turritella and Charming  King *not said here* |  |  | the palace hall | night |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Turritella, King Charming, and the Fairy Mazilla, all three together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:t10:o2:1
# text = Turritella, King Charming, and the Fairy Mazilla, all three together
1	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:desc	_	_
4	Charming	Charming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Mazilla	Mazilla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	list	_	_
13	together	together	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Fairy and King Charming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:t10:o3:1
# text = The Fairy and King Charming
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	Charming	Charming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
```

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

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

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Turritella and King Charming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:t10:o4:1
# text = Turritella and King Charming
1	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:desc	_	_
4	Charming	Charming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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