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title: mid question, what did the Barbel call the lady? — A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: mid question, what did the Barbel call the lady? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 818 «A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the old days, the Dryad dances at Mabille and flies to the red tower, and the fishes gossip» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 8 · ★ · A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the ol…

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mid question, what did the Barbel call the lady?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Barbel · **What happens:** call · **To what, where:** mid question · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 818 «A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the old days, the Dryad dances at Mabille and flies to the red tower, and the fishes gossip» 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/818-pg27200-part29/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t8:1
# text = mid question, what did the Barbel call the lady?
1	mid	mid	ADJ	JJ	_	2	amod	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Barbel	Barbel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past · do-support | the Barbel | mid question |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme lady=Result |

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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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obstinate madam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t8:o1:1
# text = obstinate madam
1	obstinate	obstinate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	madam	madam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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contumacious lady

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t8:o2:1
# text = contumacious lady
1	contumacious	contumacious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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rebellious young woman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t8:o3:1
# text = rebellious young woman
1	rebellious	rebellious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the most stubborn lady in the whole garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:t8:o4:1
# text = the most stubborn lady in the whole garden
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	_
3	stubborn	stubborn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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