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title: When Mary finally woke, what was her face like? — Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: When Mary finally woke, what was her face like? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1987 «Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary, and they wed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary,…

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When Mary finally woke, what was her face like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mary · **What happens:** wake, be · **To what, where:** face

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1987 «Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary, and they wed» 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/1987-pg7885-part6/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:t9:1
# text = When Mary finally woke, what was her face like?
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	Mary	Mary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | past | Mary |  |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | Mary's face |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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like one who had forgotten her name, her house and her family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:t9:o1:1
# text = like one who had forgotten her name, her house and her family
1	like	like	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past · perfect |  | her name and her house and her family |  |  |  | like one | tree rules |
| 2 | **name** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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like she had no clue where she was

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:t9:o2:1
# text = like she had no clue where she was
1	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	clue	clue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | she | no clue |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clue=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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like a child who had got lost at the fair and could not find home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:t9:o3:1
# text = like a child who had got lost at the fair and could not find home
1	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
15	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · perfect · passive |  |  |  | the fair |  | like a child | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **find** | could |  | home |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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as if she were lost in a strange place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:t9:o4:1
# text = as if she were lost in a strange place
1	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive |  | she |  | a strange place |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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