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title: Did the Fairy just leave after helping, or did she stick around? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fai… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the Fairy just leave after helping, or did she stick around? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1910 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a kind Fairy helps Helena sort the feathers and empty the pond, and her cruel stepmother plans something worse» of the books course of Mova's primary sc
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# Test 9 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a…

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Did the Fairy just leave after helping, or did she stick around?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fairy · **What happens:** leave, help, stick around

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1910 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a kind Fairy helps Helena sort the feathers and empty the pond, and her cruel stepmother plans something worse» 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/1910-pg7277-part47/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t9:1
# text = Did the Fairy just leave after helping, or did she stick around?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	helping	help	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	around	around	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · do-support | the Fairy |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | gerund | the Fairy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stick around** | past · do-support | Fairy |  |  |  |  | around *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She vanished when Helena turned round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t9:o1:1
# text = She vanished when Helena turned round
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	Helena	Helena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	round	round	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **turn round** | past | Helena |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She stayed with Helena until the morning and then slipped out of the kitchen door without a sound

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t9:o2:1
# text = She stayed with Helena until the morning and then slipped out of the kitchen door without a sound
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Helena	Helena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	without	without	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | She |  |  |  | morning | with Helena | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with helena=Location |
| 2 | **slip out** | past | She *not said here* | the kitchen door |  |  | then | without a sound | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent door=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She flew off through the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t9:o3:1
# text = She flew off through the window
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly off** | past | She |  |  | the window |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent through window=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She disappeared into thin air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t9:o4:1
# text = She disappeared into thin air
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	disappeared	disappear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disappear** | past | She |  |  | thin air |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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