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title: what's the queen-mother's plan, like real sneaky stuff? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Real Princ… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the queen-mother's plan, like real sneaky stuff? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 276 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Real Princess: a Prince tests a wet visitor with three peas» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Real Princess: a Prince tests…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's the queen-mother's plan, like real sneaky stuff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** plan, queen mother · **What happens:** be, plan

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 276 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Real Princess: a Prince tests a wet visitor with three peas» 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/276-pg1597-part3/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:276-pg1597-part3:t5:1
# text = what's the queen-mother's plan, like real sneaky stuff?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the queen mother's plan |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **plan** |  | the queen mother |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three peas under a mountain of beds, with a silk sheet and a secret signal to the maids

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:276-pg1597-part3:t5:o1:1
# text = three peas under a mountain of beds, with a silk sheet and a secret signal to the maids
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	beds	bed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she plans to hide the peas in the cellar and then tell the girl that the palace is haunted

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:276-pg1597-part3:t5:o2:1
# text = she plans to hide the peas in the cellar and then tell the girl that the palace is haunted
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	plans	plan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	iobj	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	haunted	haunt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the peas |  | the cellar |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pea=Patient in cellar=Location |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | she *not said here* |  | the girl |  | then |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient |
| 4 | **haunt** | present · passive |  | the palace |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three peas under a mountain of beds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:276-pg1597-part3:t5:o3:1
# text = three peas under a mountain of beds
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	beds	bed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
put peas in the cook's soup for the girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:276-pg1597-part3:t5:o4:1
# text = put peas in the cook's soup for the girl
1	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | peas |  | the cook's soup |  | for the girl | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pea=Theme in soup=Destination |

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