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title: Okay, so who even is Mother Holle, like a witch or what? — Household Tales, The Two Brothers, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay, so who even is Mother Holle, like a witch or what? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1572 «Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy sister gets pitch, and two twins set out and part at a crossway» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 5 · ★ · Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy siste…

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Okay, so who even is Mother Holle, like a witch or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Mother

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1572 «Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy sister gets pitch, and two twins set out and part at a crossway» 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/1572-pg540-part69/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1572-pg540-part69:t5:1
# text = Okay, so who even is Mother Holle, like a witch or what?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	Mother	Mother	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	Holle	Holle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	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	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Mother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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A kind old lady with feathers flying everywhere in her big house on the hill

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1572-pg540-part69:t5:o1:1
# text = A kind old lady with feathers flying everywhere in her big house on the hill
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund | feathers *not said here* |  |  | her big house on the hill |  | everywhere *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A kind old lady who lives under the well and shakes feathers everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1572-pg540-part69:t5:o2:1
# text = A kind old lady who lives under the well and shakes feathers everywhere
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
11	shakes	shake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a kind old lady |  |  | the well |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under well=Location |
| 2 | **shake** | present | a kind old lady | feathers |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A kind old lady with feathers everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1572-pg540-part69:t5:o3:1
# text = A kind old lady with feathers everywhere
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A grumpy old witch with a broom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1572-pg540-part69:t5:o4:1
# text = A grumpy old witch with a broom
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	broom	broom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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