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# Test 11 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…

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yeah, Melinette did a Prince voice to trick her, that's dodgy, why'd she do that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Melinette, that · **What happens:** do, trick, be · **To what, where:** Prince voice, Melinette, that

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1880 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 17: Grumedan dazzles Potentilla with flowers, frogs and pearls, and Narcissus answers with a nightingale» 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/1880-pg7277-part17/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t11:1
# text = yeah, Melinette did a Prince voice to trick her, that's dodgy, why'd she do that?
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Melinette	Melinette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	trick	trick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
20	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Melinette | a Prince voice |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality |
| 2 | **trick** | to-infinitive | Melinette *not said here* | Melinette |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | dodgy *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** | would | Melinette | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=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 -->
to keep her hidden feelings safe from the enchanter, who was clearly a bit of a dick about it all

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t11:o1:1
# text = to keep her hidden feelings safe from the enchanter, who was clearly a bit of a dick about it all
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	advcl	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	dick	dick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	about	about	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nmod	_	_
21	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | her hidden feelings |  | the enchanter |  | safe *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer feeling=Beneficiary from enchanter=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the enchanter | a bit |  |  |  | of a dick about dick; clearly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the Prince could be the one who spoke and the enchanter would not get to kiss her hand

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t11:o2:1
# text = so the Prince could be the one who spoke and the enchanter would not get to kiss her hand
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	kiss	kiss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | could | the Prince | the one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the one |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **get** | would | the enchanter |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **kiss** | to-infinitive | the enchanter *not said here* | enchanter's hand |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to keep her hidden feelings safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t11:o3:1
# text = to keep her hidden feelings safe
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | her hidden feelings |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to stop her blushing in public

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t11:o4:1
# text = to stop her blushing in public
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	blushing	blushing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | her blushing |  | public |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality blushing=Eventuality |

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