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title: Wait, who was the mint Fairy looking after the fam? — Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, who was the mint Fairy looking after the fam? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1883 «Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 20: the fish sell well, Celandine comes to the valley, Featherhead ignores her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 20: the fish sell we…

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Wait, who was the mint Fairy looking after the fam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, mint Fairy · **What happens:** wait, be, look · **To what, where:** mint Fairy

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1883 «Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 20: the fish sell well, Celandine comes to the valley, Featherhead ignores her» 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/1883-pg7277-part20/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:t3:1
# text = Wait, who was the mint Fairy looking after the fam?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the mint Fairy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | gerund | the mint Fairy *not said here* |  |  |  | after the fam |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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the old nurse who had raised the royal children at court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:t3:o1:1
# text = the old nurse who had raised the royal children at court
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | past · perfect · passive |  | the old nurse |  | court |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme child=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the wicked Fairy who lived in the Thorny Hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:t3:o2:1
# text = the wicked Fairy who lived in the Thorny Hills
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Thorny	Thorny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Hills	Hill	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the wicked Fairy |  |  | the Thorny Hills |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hill=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the Witch of the Dark Marsh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:t3:o3:1
# text = the Witch of the Dark Marsh
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Dark	Dark	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	6	compound	_	_
6	Marsh	Marsh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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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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the Fairy of the Beech-Woods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1883-pg7277-part20:t3:o4:1
# text = the Fairy of the Beech-Woods
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Beech	Beech	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Woods	Woods	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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