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title: wait, the Queen really hid fake letters in the chimney, that's so sus — Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, the Queen really hid fake letters in the chimney, that's so sus Test 2 · ★ 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
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# Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…

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wait, the Queen really hid fake letters in the chimney, that's so sus

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Queen, that · **What happens:** wait, hide, be · **To what, where:** fake letters, chimney

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t2:1
# text = wait, the Queen really hid fake letters in the chimney, that's so sus
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | past | the Queen | fake letters |  | the chimney |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent letter=Patient in chimney=Location |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | suspect *property* | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she just wanted the jewels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t2:o1:1
# text = Nah, she just wanted the jewels
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she | the jewels |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot jewel=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fr, she wanted to frame Fiordelisa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t2:o2:1
# text = Fr, she wanted to frame Fiordelisa
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	Fiordelisa	Fiordelisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she | Fr |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot frame=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fr, but the Queen then got scared when the Blue Bird warned the whole court about her lies

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t2:o3:1
# text = Fr, but the Queen then got scared when the Blue Bird warned the whole court about her lies
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Blue	Blue	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	iobj	_	_
17	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Fr |  |  |  | then | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | the Blue Bird |  | the whole court |  |  | about Bird's lies | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent court=Recipient about lie=Topic |
| 3 | **lie** |  | Bird |  |  |  |  |  | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the letters were real, and the Queen only wanted to warn Fiordelisa about the plot

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t2:o4:1
# text = Nah, the letters were real, and the Queen only wanted to warn Fiordelisa about the plot
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	Fiordelisa	Fiordelisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	about	about	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the letters |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | the Queen |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **warn** *speech: warn* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* |  | Fiordelisa |  |  | about the plot | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent fiordelisa=Recipient about plot=Topic |

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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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