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title: Wait, did Catherine get the silken ball for real? — Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her De… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, did Catherine get the silken ball for real? Test 3 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 3 · ★ · Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her Destiny, part 30: Cath…

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Wait, did Catherine get the silken ball for real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Catherine · **What happens:** wait, get · **To what, where:** silken ball

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This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:t3:1
# text = Wait, did Catherine get the silken ball for real?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
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	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past · do-support | Catherine | the silken ball |  |  |  | for real | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ball=Theme for real=Source |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yup, the sister gave it to her, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:t3:o1:1
# text = Yup, the sister gave it to her, no cap
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the sister | Yup | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to she=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the sister totally ghosted her, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:t3:o2:1
# text = Nah, the sister totally ghosted her, lol
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	ghosted	ghost	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
9	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ghost** | past | the sister | her *= she* |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location she=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yup, the mom gave it to her, lowkey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:t3:o3:1
# text = Yup, the mom gave it to her, lowkey
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the mom | Yup | her *= she* |  |  | lowkey *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to she=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yup, the sister just gave it to her straight up, no cap, after Catherine asked nicely on the mountain

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:t3:o4:1
# text = Yup, the sister just gave it to her straight up, no cap, after Catherine asked nicely on the mountain
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
10	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	up	up	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	Catherine	Catherine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
19	nicely	nicely	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Yup | it | sister |  |  | no cap *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to she=Recipient |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Catherine |  |  | the mountain |  | nicely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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