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# Test 4 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
right, so Cleopatra rolls up in a fancy boat and hands over a pearl, what's that all about, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cleopatra · **What happens:** roll up, hand, be · **To what, where:** fancy boat, pearl, that

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t4:1
# text = right, so Cleopatra rolls up in a fancy boat and hands over a pearl, what's that all about, yeah?
1	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	Cleopatra	Cleopatra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rolls	roll	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	hands	hand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	appos	_	_
21	about	about	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
23	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll up** | present | Cleopatra |  |  | a fancy boat |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in boat=Trajectory |
| 2 | **hand** | present | Cleopatra *not said here* |  |  | a pearl |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | that |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
she gave her a pearl for free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t4:o1:1
# text = she gave her a pearl for free
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | she | a pearl | her *= she* |  |  | for free | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Recipient pearl=Theme for free=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she told Potentilla to be less vain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t4:o2:1
# text = she told Potentilla to be less vain
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Potentilla	Potentilla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	iobj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she |  | Potentilla |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent potentilla=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | less, vain *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she got a ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t4:o3:1
# text = she got a ring
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | she | a ring |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she gave her a hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1880-pg7277-part17:t4:o4:1
# text = she gave her a hat
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | she | a hat | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient hat=Theme |

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