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title: Was it a bit mint of the girl to stop and pick flowers? — Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hoo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was it a bit mint of the girl to stop and pick flowers? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1426 «Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks the girl and eats her and her grandmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 9 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks t…

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Was it a bit mint of the girl to stop and pick flowers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, stop, pick · **To what, where:** bit mint, flowers

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1426 «Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks the girl and eats her and her grandmother» 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/1426-pg503-part13/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:t9:1
# text = Was it a bit mint of the girl to stop and pick flowers?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
13	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | a bit mint |  |  |  | of the girl | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **pick** | infinitive |  | flowers |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient |

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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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Yes, it gave the wolf plenty of time to reach the house first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, it gave the wolf plenty of time to reach the house first
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | it | the wolf plenty of time |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive |  | the house |  |  |  | first *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, it was very sensible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:t9:o2:1
# text = No, it was very sensible
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | sensible *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Yes, it made the wolf's day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:t9:o3:1
# text = Yes, it made the wolf's day
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | it |  |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, because she kept the wolf waiting so long that he got bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, because she kept the wolf waiting so long that he got bored
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
14	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | she | the wolf |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund | the wolf *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | past | he |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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