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title: test: Bruv, why did the lady-Fairy give him a tiny lump only? — Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27:… · tree and pragmatics
description: test: Bruv, why did the lady-Fairy give him a tiny lump only? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1890 «Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27: a little monkey shows the Prince a rock of gold, and the Princess Sabella is found to have no heart» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27: a little monkey sho…

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test: Bruv, why did the lady-Fairy give him a tiny lump only?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** test · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** tiny lump, Fairy

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1890 «Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27: a little monkey shows the Prince a rock of gold, and the Princess Sabella is found to have no heart» 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/1890-pg7277-part27/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:t4:1
# text = test: Bruv, why did the lady-Fairy give him a tiny lump only?
1	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	iobj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | test | a tiny lump | Fairy |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient lump=Theme |

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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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Cos she was mean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:t4:o1:1
# text = Cos she was mean
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To test him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:t4:o2:1
# text = To test him
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	test	test	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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So he could see he was cool, not greedy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:t4:o3:1
# text = So he could see he was cool, not greedy
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | could | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | cool *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Cos she wanted him to be rich at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1890-pg7277-part27:t4:o4:1
# text = Cos she wanted him to be rich at once
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | tree rules |

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