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title: Man, was the queen a proper witch or just a bit sly? — English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Man, was the queen a proper witch or just a bit sly? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1970 «English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh: Margaret is freed by three kisses, and the witch-queen becomes a toad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh:…

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Man, was the queen a proper witch or just a bit sly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Man · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** queen

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1970 «English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh: Margaret is freed by three kisses, and the witch-queen becomes a toad» 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/1970-pg7439-part29/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t1:1
# text = Man, was the queen a proper witch or just a bit sly?
1	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	sly	sly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Man | the queen |  |  |  |  | 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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A cruel queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t1:o1:1
# text = A cruel queen
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Neither a real witch nor a queen but a cunning stepmother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t1:o2:1
# text = Neither a real witch nor a queen but a cunning stepmother
1	Neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	4	cc:preconj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	cunning	cunning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A wicked witch who had dealt in curses for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t1:o3:1
# text = A wicked witch who had dealt in curses for years
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	dealt	deal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	curses	curse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deal** | past · perfect | a wicked witch |  |  | curses | year |  | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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

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A proper witch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t1:o4:1
# text = A proper witch
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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