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title: Lowkey, why did the Queen cook up that poison apple? — Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, why did the Queen cook up that poison apple? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1579 «Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, the glass coffin and the wicked Queen's end» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, the glass coffin and…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lowkey, why did the Queen cook up that poison apple?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lowkey · **What happens:** cook up · **To what, where:** poison apple

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1579 «Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, the glass coffin and the wicked Queen's end» 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/1579-pg540-part76/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1579-pg540-part76:t2:1
# text = Lowkey, why did the Queen cook up that poison apple?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cook	cook	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
10	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook up** | past · do-support | Lowkey | that poison apple |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Product |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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she was mad jealous of Snowdrop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1579-pg540-part76:t2:o1:1
# text = she was mad jealous of Snowdrop
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Snowdrop	Snowdrop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | of Snowdrop; jealous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she was mad jealous of Snowdrop because the mirror kept saying she was fairer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1579-pg540-part76:t2:o2:1
# text = she was mad jealous of Snowdrop because the mirror kept saying she was fairer
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Snowdrop	Snowdrop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | of Snowdrop; jealous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | past | the mirror |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the mirror *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | past | Snowdrop |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she was mad jealous of Snowdrop and wanted the Prince for herself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1579-pg540-part76:t2:o3:1
# text = she was mad jealous of Snowdrop and wanted the Prince for herself
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Snowdrop	Snowdrop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | of Snowdrop; jealous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | she *not said here* | the Prince |  |  |  | for Snowdrop | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot prince=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she wanted the mirror back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1579-pg540-part76:t2:o4:1
# text = she wanted the mirror back
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	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	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want back** | past | she | the mirror |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mirror=Theme |

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