--- title: What did the sisters reckon she was good for? — Irish Folk Tales, Trembling, part 31:… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the sisters reckon she was good for? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 2012 «Irish Folk Tales, Trembling, part 31: a lost golden shoe, a hunt for its owner, and a girl locked in a closet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2012-pg7885-part31/t7/) [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/) / [Irish Folk Tales, Trembling, part 31:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2012-pg7885-part31/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Irish Folk Tales, Trembling, part 31: a lost golden shoe,… What did the sisters reckon she was good for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sisters, she · **What happens:** do, reckon, be This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2012 «Irish Folk Tales, Trembling, part 31: a lost golden shoe, a hunt for its owner, and a girl locked in a closet» 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/2012-pg7885-part31/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2012-pg7885-part31:t7:1 # text = What did the sisters reckon she was good for? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reckon** | present | the sisters | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | she | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | 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} scrubbing the pots ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2012-pg7885-part31:t7:o1:1 # text = scrubbing the pots 1 scrubbing scrub VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pots pot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scrub** | gerund | | the pots | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pot=Source | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} putting out the ashes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2012-pg7885-part31:t7:o2:1 # text = putting out the ashes 1 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put out** | gerund | | the ashes | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ash=Goal | ### Option 3 {#o3} putting out the ashes and minding the hens at the back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2012-pg7885-part31:t7:o3:1 # text = putting out the ashes and minding the hens at the back 1 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 minding mind VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put out** | gerund | | the ashes | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ash=Goal | | 2 | **mind** | gerund | | the hens | | the back | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} carrying in the turf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2012-pg7885-part31:t7:o4:1 # text = carrying in the turf 1 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 turf turf NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | gerund | | | | the turf | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in turf=Location | **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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