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title: did the prince name her in the book or something? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the prince name her in the book or something? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 880 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the mermaid gets legs, dances for the prince, and sails away with him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the m…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
did the prince name her in the book or something?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** name · **To what, where:** her, book

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 880 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the mermaid gets legs, dances for the prince, and sails away with him» 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/880-pg27200-part91/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:t12:1
# text = did the prince name her in the book or something?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	name	name	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | past · do-support | the prince | her *= she* |  | the book |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, he just calls her his dumb foundling, though the whole court wonders why he never gave her a proper name

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:t12:o1:1
# text = nope, he just calls her his dumb foundling, though the whole court wonders why he never gave her a proper name
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	foundling	foundling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	wonders	wonder	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	ccomp	_	_
20	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	iobj	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | he |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | present | the whole court |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **not** **give** | past | court | a proper name | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient name=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, he just calls her his dumb foundling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:t12:o2:1
# text = nope, he just calls her his dumb foundling
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	foundling	foundling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | he |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, he calls her only the temple girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:t12:o3:1
# text = nope, he calls her only the temple girl
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | he |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he named her Marina, the sea-born one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:t12:o4:1
# text = yeah, he named her Marina, the sea-born one
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	named	name	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	Marina	Marina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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