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title: Was Turritella, like, actually pretty? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Turritella, like, actually pretty? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1868 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy overhears, the bird is cut, the King is saved» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 11 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy ove…

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Was Turritella, like, actually pretty?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Turritella · **What happens:** be

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1868 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 5: the spy overhears, the bird is cut, the King is saved» 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/1868-pg7277-part5/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t11:1
# text = Was Turritella, like, actually pretty?
1	Was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | Turritella |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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the Enchanter thought her really lovely, but the King thought her frightful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t11:o1:1
# text = the Enchanter thought her really lovely, but the King thought her frightful
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	frightful	frightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Enchanter |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the King |  |  |  |  | frightful *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the Enchanter thought her really frightful and wicked, so he refused her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t11:o2:1
# text = the Enchanter thought her really frightful and wicked, so he refused her
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	frightful	frightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Enchanter |  |  |  |  | frightful *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **refuse** | past | he | Enchanter |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the Enchanter thought her really frightful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t11:o3:1
# text = the Enchanter thought her really frightful
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	frightful	frightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Enchanter |  |  |  |  | frightful *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the Enchanter thought her very lovely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1868-pg7277-part5:t11:o4:1
# text = the Enchanter thought her very lovely
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Enchanter | her *= she* |  |  |  | lovely *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |

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