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title: Why did Mirliflor get so embarrassed, like? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Mirliflor get so embarrassed, like? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1875 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch falls into the sea and the fairies choose a new Queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 13 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch fall…

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Why did Mirliflor get so embarrassed, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mirliflor · **What happens:** get

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1875 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch falls into the sea and the fairies choose a new Queen» 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/1875-pg7277-part12/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t13:1
# text = Why did Mirliflor get so embarrassed, like?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Mirliflor	Mirliflor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | Mirliflor |  |  |  |  | embarrassed *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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He got caught by the Queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t13:o1:1
# text = He got caught by the Queen
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · passive | the Queen | He |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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

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All twelve girls liked him back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t13:o2:1
# text = All twelve girls liked him back
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like back** | past | all twelve girls | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He had been caught wearing the Queen's own pink ribbon by mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t13:o3:1
# text = He had been caught wearing the Queen's own pink ribbon by mistake
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | gerund |  | the Queen's own pink ribbon |  |  |  | by mistake | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ribbon=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All twelve of the girls at court liked him back and kept following him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t13:o4:1
# text = All twelve of the girls at court liked him back and kept following him
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like back** | past |  | all twelve |  |  |  | of the girls at court | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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