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title: did the spy nap on the job or what? — Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the spy nap on the job or what? Test 3 · ★ 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 of the question and of
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# Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…

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did the spy nap on the job or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** spy nap, job

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t3:1
# text = did the spy nap on the job 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	spy	spy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	nap	nap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the spy nap |  | the job |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Eventuality |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she was watching the whole time but then the Princess's singing made her fall asleep

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t3:o1:1
# text = Nah, she was watching the whole time but then the Princess's singing made her fall asleep
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	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  | time |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | past | the Princess's singing | Princess |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | infinitive | Princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **sing** |  | the Princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she sat down and got really tired, so she slept for ages until the Princess woke up

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she sat down and got really tired, so she slept for ages until the Princess woke up
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	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
16	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
20	up	up	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit down** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **sleep** | past | she |  |  |  | for ages |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **wake up** | past | the Princess |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she just looked away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t3:o3:1
# text = Nah, she just looked away
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	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look away** | past | she |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she totally zonked out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1867-pg7277-part4:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she totally zonked out
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	zonked	zonk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **zonk out** | participle · passive |  | she |  |  |  | totally *property* | tree rules |

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