--- title: mint, what was Placida stuck doing for the wool? — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: t… · tree and pragmatics description: mint, what was Placida stuck doing for the wool? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1920 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: the two cousins' quests end in joy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1920-pg7277-part57/t11/) [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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1920-pg7277-part57/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: the two cousins' ques… mint, what was Placida stuck doing for the wool? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mint · **What happens:** be, do This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1920 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: the two cousins' quests end in joy» 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/1920-pg7277-part57/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:t11:1 # text = mint, what was Placida stuck doing for the wool? 1 mint mint NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 Placida Placida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 7 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | mint | | | | | stuck *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | mint *not said here* | | | | | for the wool | 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} dyeing wool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:t11:o1:1 # text = dyeing wool 1 dyeing dye VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dye** | gerund | | wool | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} combing the wool all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:t11:o2:1 # text = combing the wool all day 1 combing comb VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comb** | gerund | | the wool | | | day | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} drawing water for dyeing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:t11:o3:1 # text = drawing water for dyeing 1 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 dyeing dyeing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | gerund | | water | | | | for dyeing | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent water=Result for dyeing=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} carding wool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1920-pg7277-part57:t11:o4:1 # text = carding wool 1 carding card VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **card** | gerund | | wool | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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