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title: Which posh lady was handing out gold stuff at the fountain? — Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which posh lady was handing out gold stuff at the fountain? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1448 «Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a poor girl is cheated of her pinks and is rewarded by a Queen with a golden pitcher» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 3 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a p…

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Which posh lady was handing out gold stuff at the fountain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** posh lady · **What happens:** hand out · **To what, where:** gold stuff, fountain

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1448 «Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a poor girl is cheated of her pinks and is rewarded by a Queen with a golden pitcher» 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/1448-pg503-part35/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:t3:1
# text = Which posh lady was handing out gold stuff at the fountain?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
2	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	handing	hand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand out** | past · progressive | which posh lady | gold stuff |  | the fountain |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent stuff=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}

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the Duchess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:t3:o1:1
# text = the Duchess
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:t3:o2:1
# text = the cook
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the Countess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:t3:o3:1
# text = the Countess
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Countess	countess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the Queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:t3:o4:1
# text = the Queen
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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