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title: What, according to the text, did the old Witch sell to the woman? — Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny g… · tree and pragmatics
description: What, according to the text, did the old Witch sell to the woman? Exam question 1 of lesson 1740 «Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flower and a toad tries to steal her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flo…

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What, according to the text, did the old Witch sell to the woman?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old Witch · **What happens:** accord, sell · **To what, where:** text, woman

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1740 «Andersen, Thumbelina, part 1: a tiny girl grows from a flower and a toad tries to steal her» 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/1740-pg640-part64/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e1:1
# text = What, according to the text, did the old Witch sell to the woman?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the text *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to text=Goal |
| 2 | **sell** | past · do-support | the old Witch |  | the woman |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to woman=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A barley-corn not sown by farmers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e1:o1:1
# text = A barley-corn not sown by farmers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	sown	sow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sow** | participle · passive | farmers | a barley corn |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A barley-corn not sown by farmers, grown in a secret garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e1:o2:1
# text = A barley-corn not sown by farmers, grown in a secret garden
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	sown	sow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sow** | participle · passive | farmers | a barley corn |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | participle | farmers *not said here* |  |  | a secret garden |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A barley grain grown by hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e1:o3:1
# text = A barley grain grown by hand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  | a barley grain *not said here* |  |  |  | by hand | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by hand=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A barley-corn not sown by farmers but found in the woods near town

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1740-pg640-part64:e1:o4:1
# text = A barley-corn not sown by farmers but found in the woods near town
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	sown	sow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:agent	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	near	near	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sow** | participle · passive | farmers | a barley corn |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | participle | farmers *not said here* |  |  | the woods |  | near town | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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