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title: So the old fisherman's wife got a cupboard full of grub, did she? — Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The G… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the old fisherman's wife got a cupboard full of grub, did she? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1930 «Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedgehog hero's bride is cast off, his skin burns, and a golden fish brings a castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 3 · ★ · Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedg…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So the old fisherman's wife got a cupboard full of grub, did she?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** get, do · **To what, where:** cupboard

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1930 «Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedgehog hero's bride is cast off, his skin burns, and a golden fish brings a castle» 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/1930-pg7277-part67/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1930-pg7277-part67:t3:1
# text = So the old fisherman's wife got a cupboard full of grub, did she?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	grub	grub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the old fisherman's wife | a cupboard |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cupboard=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** | past | wife |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
Yeah, fam, bread, pies, veg and beer on show.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1930-pg7277-part67:t3:o1:1
# text = Yeah, fam, bread, pies, veg and beer on show.
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	pies	pie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	veg	veg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, fam, a whole cupboard of meat, cakes, fruit and wine, all laid out nice and ready on the table

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1930-pg7277-part67:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, fam, a whole cupboard of meat, cakes, fruit and wine, all laid out nice and ready on the table
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	conj	_	_
18	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	out	out	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	conj	_	_
23	on	on	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay out** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, fam, meat, cakes, fruit and wine all laid out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1930-pg7277-part67:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, fam, meat, cakes, fruit and wine all laid out
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay out** | participle · passive |  | fam and meat and cakes |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, bruv, the cupboard was full of bread and cheese and nothing else, not a scrap of meat or fruit at all

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1930-pg7277-part67:t3:o4:1
# text = Nah, bruv, the cupboard was full of bread and cheese and nothing else, not a scrap of meat or fruit at all
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	conj	_	_
15	else	else	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	scrap	scrap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the cupboard | bruv *not said here* |  | all |  | of bread and cheese and a scrap of meat or fruit; full *property* | tree rules |

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