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title: So what did he wish for in the desert, like, instantly? — Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what did he wish for in the desert, like, instantly? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 3 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl give…

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So what did he wish for in the desert, like, instantly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** wish

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» 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/681-pg2435-part21/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t3:1
# text = So what did he wish for in the desert, like, instantly?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wish	wish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	5	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 | **wish** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  | for the desert; instantly *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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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A big house and a horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t3:o1:1
# text = A big house and a horse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A castle, servants and dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t3:o2:1
# text = A castle, servants and dinner
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A palace with a hot bath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t3:o3:1
# text = A palace with a hot bath
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A huge golden castle with a thousand servants, a feast, and a lake of wine

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t3:o4:1
# text = A huge golden castle with a thousand servants, a feast, and a lake of wine
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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