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title: Which choice did Catherine make when the lady with the wheel offered… — Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her De… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which choice did Catherine make when the lady with the wheel offered her a choice? Exam question 1 of lesson 1641 «Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her Destiny, part 30: Catherine gets a silken ball from her Destiny's sister» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 1 · Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her Destiny, part 30: Cath…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which choice did Catherine make when the lady with the wheel offered her a choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** choice, lady · **What happens:** make, offer · **To what, where:** choice, Catherine

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1641 «Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her Destiny, part 30: Catherine gets a silken ball from her Destiny's sister» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1641-pg5615-part30/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:e1:1
# text = Which choice did Catherine make when the lady with the wheel offered her a choice?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Catherine	Catherine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · do-support | which choice |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **offer** | past | the lady with the wheel | a choice | Catherine |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal choice=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She picked a long old age.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:e1:o1:1
# text = She picked a long old age.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | past | She | a long old age |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She requested a happy old age, rejecting the offer of youth and beauty.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:e1:o2:1
# text = She requested a happy old age, rejecting the offer of youth and beauty.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	rejecting	reject	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | past | She | a happy old age |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent age=Recipient |
| 2 | **reject** | gerund | She *not said here* | the offer of youth and beauty |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Theme |
| 3 | **offer** |  |  | youth and beauty |  |  |  |  | nom offer «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She requested a happy old age.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:e1:o3:1
# text = She requested a happy old age.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | past | She | a happy old age |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent age=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She requested a poor old age.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:e1:o4:1
# text = She requested a poor old age.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | past | She | a poor old age |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent age=Recipient |

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