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# Test 3 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
mate, how did Potentilla feel when the enchanter started chatting to her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, enchanter · **What happens:** feel, start, chat · **To what, where:** enchanter

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t3:1
# text = mate, how did Potentilla feel when the enchanter started chatting to her?
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Potentilla	Potentilla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	chatting	chat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past · do-support | mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **start** | past | the enchanter |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **chat** *speech: other* | gerund | the enchanter *not said here* |  | enchanter |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «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 {#o1}

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she was well made up and blushing like mad at the enchanter's compliments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t3:o1:1
# text = she was well made up and blushing like mad at the enchanter's compliments
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	blushing	blush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	compliments	compliment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot |
| 2 | **blush** | gerund |  |  |  | the enchanter's compliments |  | like mad | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **compliment** |  | the enchanter |  |  |  |  |  | nom compliment «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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she was well gutted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t3:o2:1
# text = she was well gutted
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  | well *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she felt quite chuffed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t3:o3:1
# text = she felt quite chuffed
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **chuff** | participle | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she was buzzing at first but then got really properly fed up with him, honestly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t3:o4:1
# text = she was buzzing at first but then got really properly fed up with him, honestly
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	buzzing	buzz	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	obl	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buzz** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | honestly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at first=Stimulus |
| 2 | **feed up** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  | then | with him *= he*; properly *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

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