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title: Why did the hen get turned into a hen anyway? — Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the hen get turned into a hen anyway? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1449 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her true story and wins back her pinks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 3 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her t…

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Why did the hen get turned into a hen anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** turn · **To what, where:** hen

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1449 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her true story and wins back her pinks» 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/1449-pg503-part36/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:t3:1
# text = Why did the hen get turned into a hen anyway?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · passive · do-support |  | the hen |  |  |  | into a hen *result*; anyway *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into hen=Result |

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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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She was cursed by the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:t3:o1:1
# text = She was cursed by the King
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past · passive | the King | She |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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

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She blabbed the secret to too many people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:t3:o2:1
# text = She blabbed the secret to too many people
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blabbed	blab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	xcomp	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blab** *speech: other* | past | She | the secret |  |  |  | many people *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent secret=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She turned into a cabbage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:t3:o3:1
# text = She turned into a cabbage
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | She |  |  | a cabbage |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into cabbage=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She blabbed the secret to too many people at the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:t3:o4:1
# text = She blabbed the secret to too many people at the palace
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blabbed	blab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	xcomp	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blab** *speech: other* | past | She | the secret |  | the palace |  | many people *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent secret=Topic |

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