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title: «a princess? she's soft, look at her neat hair». What does the lesso… — Lily, the calm «princess» · tree and pragmatics
description: «a princess? she's soft, look at her neat hair». What does the lesson teach? Test 9 of lesson 386 «Lily, the calm «princess»» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · Lily, the calm «princess»

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«a princess? she's soft, look at her neat hair». What does the lesson teach?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** princess, lesson · **What happens:** be, look, teach

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This is test 9 of lesson 386 «Lily, the calm «princess»» of the everyday 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/everyday/386-lily-the-calm-princess/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «a princess? she's soft, look at her neat hair».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:t9:1
# text = «a princess? she's soft, look at her neat hair».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a princess |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | at princess's neat hair | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at hair=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does the lesson teach?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:t9:2
# text = What does the lesson teach?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · do-support | the lesson |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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You can't tell how tough someone is by looks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:t9:o1:1
# text = You can't tell how tough someone is by looks
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	tough	tough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	looks	look	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | someone |  |  |  |  | by looks | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hair shows how brave you are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:t9:o2:1
# text = Hair shows how brave you are
1	Hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Hair |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Messy people are always the tough ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:t9:o3:1
# text = Messy people are always the tough ones
1	Messy	messy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tough	tough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Messy people | the tough ones |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neat people are always soft inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:386-lily-the-calm-princess:t9:o4:1
# text = Neat people are always soft inside
1	Neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Neat people |  |  |  |  | always, inside, soft *property* | tree rules |

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