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title: did the Queen fall for the Blue Bird's warning, or what? — Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the Queen fall for the Blue Bird's warning, or what? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1867 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings gifts, the Queen hunts for proof, and a spy is set to watch Fiordelisa» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…

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did the Queen fall for the Blue Bird's warning, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Blue Bird · **What happens:** do, warn · **To what, where:** Queen fall

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1867 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings gifts, the Queen hunts for proof, and a spy is set to watch Fiordelisa» 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/1867-pg7277-part4/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t11:1
# text = did the Queen fall for the Blue Bird's warning, or what?
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Blue	Blue	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Queen fall |  |  |  | for the Blue Bird's warning | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fall=Eventuality |
| 2 | **warn** |  | the Blue Bird |  |  |  |  |  | nom warning «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nah, she laughed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t11:o1:1
# text = Nah, she laughed
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Yeah, she got scared and dipped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t11:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she got scared and dipped
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dipped	dip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | she |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **dip** | participle | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nope, she stayed and yelled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t11:o3:1
# text = Nope, she stayed and yelled
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	yelled	yell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nah, she got mad and stayed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t11:o4:1
# text = Nah, she got mad and stayed
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | she |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **stay** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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