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title: What was the spoon like that they gave her for the pond, bro? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fai… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the spoon like that they gave her for the pond, bro? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1910 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a kind Fairy helps Helena sort the feathers and empty the pond, and her cruel stepmother plans something worse» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Test 10 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What was the spoon like that they gave her for the pond, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** spoon, they · **What happens:** be, give · **To what, where:** spoon, her

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1910 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a kind Fairy helps Helena sort the feathers and empty the pond, and her cruel stepmother plans something worse» 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/1910-pg7277-part47/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t10:1
# text = What was the spoon like that they gave her for the pond, bro?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the spoon |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | past | they | the spoon *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  | for the pond and bro | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Theme for pond=Asset |

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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 -->
A spoon with a bent handle and no bowl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t10:o1:1
# text = A spoon with a bent handle and no bowl
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bent	bent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was far too small to dig with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t10:o2:1
# text = It was far too small to dig with
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | far, small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **dig** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Full of holes, so it was impossible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t10:o3:1
# text = Full of holes, so it was impossible
1	Full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	expl	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | impossible *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was an old wooden spoon with a crack in the handle and a huge number of holes all over the bowl

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t10:o4:1
# text = It was an old wooden spoon with a crack in the handle and a huge number of holes all over the bowl
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
19	all	all	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
20	over	over	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a old wooden spoon |  | the bowl |  | with a crack in the handle and a huge number of holes | tree rules |

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