--- title: Ngl, what did Balna want her sisters to do with the widow? — Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lam… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, what did Balna want her sisters to do with the widow? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1821 «Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1821-pg7128-part5/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lam…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1821-pg7128-part5/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked int… Ngl, what did Balna want her sisters to do with the widow? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Balna, sisters · **What happens:** want, do · **To what, where:** sisters This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1821 «Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother» 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/1821-pg7128-part5/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t12:1 # text = Ngl, what did Balna want her sisters to do with the widow? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Balna Balna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past · do-support | Balna | Balna's sisters | | | | Ngl *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Balna's sisters *not said here* | | | | | with the widow | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Feed her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t12:o1:1 # text = Feed her 1 Feed feed VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Keep her outside ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t12:o2:1 # text = Keep her outside 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 outside outside ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | outside *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ignore her now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t12:o3:1 # text = Ignore her now 1 Ignore ignore VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | now | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Send her away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:t12:o4:1 # text = Send her away 1 Send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lam…, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1821-pg7128-part5/t11/) - next →: [Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lam…, test 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1821-pg7128-part5/t13/) - ↑ back to [Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1821-pg7128-part5/)