--- title: Wait, so how come the stew was all salty then? — Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pink… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, so how come the stew was all salty then? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1161-pg3027-part27/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pink…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1161-pg3027-part27/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'… Wait, so how come the stew was all salty then? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, come · **To what, where:** stew This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against 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/1161-pg3027-part27/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t4:1 # text = Wait, so how come the stew was all salty then? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stew stew NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 nmod _ _ 10 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the stew all | | | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stew=Theme | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The brothers put a sack of salt in the broth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t4:o1:1 # text = The brothers put a sack of salt in the broth 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 broth broth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | the brothers | a sack of salt | | the broth | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sack=Theme in broth=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cos Pinkel tipped a big spoonful of sugar in it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t4:o2:1 # text = Cos Pinkel tipped a big spoonful of sugar in it 1 Cos Cos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Pinkel Pinkel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 tipped tip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 spoonful spoonful NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tip** | past | Cos | a big spoonful of sugar | | sugar | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spoonful=Theme in it=Destination | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Pinkel chucked a whole handful of salt in the pot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t4:o3:1 # text = Pinkel chucked a whole handful of salt in the pot 1 Pinkel Pinkel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chucked chuck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck** | past | Pinkel | a whole handful of salt | | the pot | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent handful=Theme in pot=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} The witch put in a pinch of salt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t4:o4:1 # text = The witch put in a pinch of salt 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pinch pinch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | participle | | the witch *not said here* | | a pinch of salt | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pinch=Destination | | 2 | **pinch** | | | salt | | | | | nom pinch «state transitive»: of=patient | **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. 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