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title: Lol, the washerwoman's stew totally vanished, didn't it? — Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, the washerwoman's stew totally vanished, didn't it? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1191 «Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the mink escapes the wolves, and a brave's father drowns and returns as a baby» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 5 · ★ · Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the m…

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Lol, the washerwoman's stew totally vanished, didn't it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stew, washerwoman · **What happens:** vanish, not do, stew

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1191 «Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the mink escapes the wolves, and a brave's father drowns and returns as a baby» 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/1191-pg3027-part57/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:t5:1
# text = Lol, the washerwoman's stew totally vanished, didn't it?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	stew	stew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | past | the washerwoman's stew |  |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **do** | past | stew |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stew** |  | the washerwoman |  |  |  |  |  | nom stew «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Her stew and spoon disappeared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:t5:o1:1
# text = Her stew and spoon disappeared
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	stew	stew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	disappeared	disappear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disappear** | past | Her stew and spoon |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stew** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom stew «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Her stew and pot both vanished at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:t5:o2:1
# text = Her stew and pot both vanished at once
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	stew	stew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	both	both	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | past | Her stew and pot |  |  |  |  | both *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stew** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom stew «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pot broke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:t5:o3:1
# text = The pot broke
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | the pot |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The stew vanished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:t5:o4:1
# text = The stew vanished
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stew	stew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | past | the stew |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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