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title: Cor, that black pudding stuck on his nose, didn't it, emmet? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Cor, that black pudding stuck on his nose, didn't it, emmet? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 250 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a tree, gets three wishes, and wastes one on black pudding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 3 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a…

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Cor, that black pudding stuck on his nose, didn't it, emmet?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cor · **What happens:** stick, do · **To what, where:** black pudding, nose

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 250 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a tree, gets three wishes, and wastes one on black pudding» 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/250-pg14241-part17/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t3:1
# text = Cor, that black pudding stuck on his nose, didn't it, emmet?
1	Cor	Cor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
4	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pudding	pudding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	emmet	emmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | participle |  | that black pudding *not said here* |  | Cor's nose |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on nose=Destination |
| 2 | **do** | past | Cor | nose |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it fell off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t3:o1:1
# text = No, it fell off
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it fell and fell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, it fell and fell
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it stuck and stuck on his nose all through the long winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, it stuck and stuck on his nose all through the long winter
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it stuck and stuck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, it stuck and stuck
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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