--- title: Was the old woman a proper mean one, though? — Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the old woman a proper mean one, though? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1538 «Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides her baby in a basket after a mouse brings luck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1538-pg540-part35/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1538-pg540-part35/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides… Was the old woman a proper mean one, though? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** old woman This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1538 «Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides her baby in a basket after a mouse brings luck» 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/1538-pg540-part35/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t8:1 # text = Was the old woman a proper mean one, though? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 csubj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 though though SCONJ IN _ 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the old woman | | | | | tree rules | 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} Nah, she just wanted a chat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t8:o1:1 # text = Nah, she just wanted a chat 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chat chat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | she | a chat | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot chat=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, she wanted it for supper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t8:o2:1 # text = Yeah, she wanted it for supper 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | she | it | | | | for supper | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, she wanted the mouse for her dinner ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t8:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she wanted the mouse for her dinner 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want 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 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | she | the mouse | | | | for mouse's dinner | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mouse=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, she wanted the mouse for her dinner, and she'd have boiled it alive, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:t8:o4:1 # text = Yeah, she wanted the mouse for her dinner, and she'd have boiled it alive, innit 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want 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 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 13 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 innit innit INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | she | the mouse | | | | for mouse's dinner | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mouse=Theme | | 2 | **boil** | would · perfect · passive | | mouse | | | | alive *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary it=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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