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title: Where did Melinette whizz him off to, proper quick? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narciss… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did Melinette whizz him off to, proper quick? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1881 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 18: the Enchanter's golden feast, fireworks and chariot ride to the King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 8 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess…

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Where did Melinette whizz him off to, proper quick?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Melinette · **What happens:** whizz off · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1881 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 18: the Enchanter's golden feast, fireworks and chariot ride to the King» 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/1881-pg7277-part18/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:t8:1
# text = Where did Melinette whizz him off to, proper quick?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Melinette	Melinette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	whizz	whizz	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whizz off** | past · do-support | Melinette | him *= he* |  |  |  | to proper quick | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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back up to her castle in the sky, proper quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:t8:o1:1
# text = back up to her castle in the sky, proper quick
1	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	up	up	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to a hidden lake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:t8:o2:1
# text = to a hidden lake
1	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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up the big tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:t8:o3:1
# text = up the big tower
1	up	up	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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her castle in the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1881-pg7277-part18:t8:o4:1
# text = her castle in the air
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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