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title: What did he leave in the pot instead, like a joke? — Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot o… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did he leave in the pot instead, like a joke? Test 6 · ★ 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 and pragma
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# Test 6 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a p…

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What did he leave in the pot instead, like a joke?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** leave · **To what, where:** pot

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:t6:1
# text = What did he leave in the pot instead, like a joke?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · do-support | he |  |  | the pot |  | instead *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent what=Theme in pot=Location |

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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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a leek

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:t6:o1:1
# text = a leek
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leek	leek	NOUN	NN	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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a turnip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:t6:o2:1
# text = a turnip
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	turnip	turnip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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a massive cabbage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:t6:o3:1
# text = a massive cabbage
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a fat carrot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:t6:o4:1
# text = a fat carrot
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	carrot	carrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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