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title: What did the fairies say the winner had to show? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the fairies say the winner had to show? Test 8 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 8 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch fall…

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What did the fairies say the winner had to show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fairies, winner · **What happens:** do, say, have, show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t8:1
# text = What did the fairies say the winner had to show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the fairies |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** | past | the winner |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **show** | to-infinitive | the winner *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The greatest wonder going

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t8:o1:1
# text = The greatest wonder going
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	wonder	wonder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund | the greatest wonder *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A baby girl with a pink rose and a silver ribbon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t8:o2:1
# text = A baby girl with a pink rose and a silver ribbon
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The fairest gift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t8:o3:1
# text = The fairest gift
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The greatest wonder going that could be shown in the kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1875-pg7277-part12:t8:o4:1
# text = The greatest wonder going that could be shown in the kingdom
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	wonder	wonder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund | the greatest wonder *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | could · passive |  | the greatest wonder |  |  |  | in the kingdom | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in kingdom=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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