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title: What was the origin of the name Parsley, as given in the text? — Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the origin of the name Parsley, as given in the text? Exam question 4 of lesson 1911 «Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a Fairy, and she wins back Prince Fickle at the feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 4 · Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What was the origin of the name Parsley, as given in the text?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, give · **To what, where:** origin, text

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1911 «Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a Fairy, and she wins back Prince Fickle at the feast» 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/1911-pg7277-part48/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1911-pg7277-part48:e4:1
# text = What was the origin of the name Parsley, as given in the text?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the origin |  |  |  | of the name | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | the origin *not said here* |  | the text |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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Her mother had planted parsley in the garden, so the girl was named for it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1911-pg7277-part48:e4:o1:1
# text = Her mother had planted parsley in the garden, so the girl was named for it
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	planted	plant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	parsley	parsley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past · perfect | Her mother | parsley |  | the garden |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent parsley=Theme in garden=Destination |
| 2 | **name** | past · passive |  | the girl |  |  |  | for garden | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She preferred eating parsley to any other food, and it was thus that she was named

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1911-pg7277-part48:e4:o2:1
# text = She preferred eating parsley to any other food, and it was thus that she was named
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	preferred	prefer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	parsley	parsley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
13	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | gerund | She *not said here* | parsley |  |  |  | to any other food | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parsley=Patient |
| 3 | **name** | past · passive |  | parsley |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She preferred eating parsley to any other food, and so the old witch called her Parsley and the name stayed with her forever after

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1911-pg7277-part48:e4:o3:1
# text = She preferred eating parsley to any other food, and so the old witch called her Parsley and the name stayed with her forever after
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	preferred	prefer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	parsley	parsley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	xcomp	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obl	_	_
24	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
25	after	after	ADP	IN	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | gerund | She *not said here* | parsley |  |  |  | to any other food | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parsley=Patient |
| 3 | **call** | past | the old witch |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **stay after** | past | the name |  |  |  |  | with witch; forever *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with she=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She loved parsley more than all other food, so the village folk called her Parsley ever after, and the name stuck to her

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1911-pg7277-part48:e4:o4:1
# text = She loved parsley more than all other food, so the village folk called her Parsley ever after, and the name stuck to her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	parsley	parsley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	xcomp	_	_
17	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	18	advmod	_	_
18	after	after	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	stuck	stick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | She | parsley |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parsley=Stimulus |
| 2 | **call** | past | the village folk |  |  |  |  | after *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stick** | past | the name |  | folk |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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