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title: Was Helena's stepmother chuffed when Helena finished the pond? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fai… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Helena's stepmother chuffed when Helena finished the pond? Test 11 · ★ 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 sch
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# Test 11 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a…

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Was Helena's stepmother chuffed when Helena finished the pond?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stepmother, Helena · **What happens:** be, chuff, finish · **To what, where:** stepmother, pond

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t11:1
# text = Was Helena's stepmother chuffed when Helena finished the pond?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	Helena	Helena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	Helena	Helena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	finished	finish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Helena's stepmother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chuff** | past | Helena's stepmother |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **finish** | past | Helena | the pond |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector pond=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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Nah, she was raging, and she sent her off to fetch the whole pond's worth of mud and stones

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t11:o1:1
# text = Nah, she was raging, and she sent her off to fetch the whole pond's worth of mud and stones
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	raging	rage	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	worth	worth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rage** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **send off** | past | she | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 3 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the whole pond's worth of mud and stones |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worth=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Nah, she was raging and wanted harder stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t11:o2:1
# text = Nah, she was raging and wanted harder stuff
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	raging	rage	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rage** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | past | she *not said here* | harder stuff |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stuff=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she was chuffed and gave her a rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t11:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she was chuffed and gave her a rest
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | past |  | a rest | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient rest=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, she was dead chuffed and said she'd let Helena go to the ball tonight and rest properly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1910-pg7277-part47:t11:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she was dead chuffed and said she'd let Helena go to the ball tonight and rest properly
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
12	Helena	Helena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
20	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **let** | would | she | Helena |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | infinitive | Helena *not said here* |  |  |  | tonight |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **rest** | infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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