--- title: So the old dear got a pot, right, what was in it first? — English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a… · tree and pragmatics description: So the old dear got a pot, right, what was in it first? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 243 «English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's black pot turns from gold to silver to iron to stone, and then into a horse-sized kow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/243-pg14241-part10/t1/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/243-pg14241-part10/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's bl… So the old dear got a pot, right, what was in it first? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old dear · **What happens:** get, be · **To what, where:** pot This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 243 «English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's black pot turns from gold to silver to iron to stone, and then into a horse-sized kow» 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/243-pg14241-part10/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:t1:1 # text = So the old dear got a pot, right, what was in it first? 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 dear dear NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 right right INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 parataxis _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the old dear | a pot | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pot=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | pot | | | 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} silver coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:t1:o1:1 # text = silver coins 1 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:t1:o2:1 # text = coins 1 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a heap of gleaming gold coins and jewels ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:t1:o3:1 # text = a heap of gleaming gold coins and jewels 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 gleaming gleam VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gleam** | gerund | a heap *not said here* | gold coins and jewels | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coin=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} gold pieces ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:t1:o4:1 # text = gold pieces 1 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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