--- title: What got smashed on her back, proper? — English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin… · tree and pragmatics description: What got smashed on her back, proper? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 263 «English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and her father is found» 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/263-pg14241-part30/t6/) [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, Catskin: Catskin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/263-pg14241-part30/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and h… What got smashed on her back, proper? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** smash · **To what, where:** back This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 263 «English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and her father is found» 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/263-pg14241-part30/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t6:1 # text = What got smashed on her back, proper? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 smashed smash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smash** | past · passive | | | | her back | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme on back=Destination | 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} The long wooden spoon used for stirring the pot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t6:o1:1 # text = The long wooden spoon used for stirring the pot 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 spoon spoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 stirring stir VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | the long wooden spoon *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stir** | gerund | | the pot | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pot=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} A frying pan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t6:o2:1 # text = A frying pan 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 frying frying NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A heavy iron skillet from the hearth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t6:o3:1 # text = A heavy iron skillet from the hearth 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 skillet skillet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A ladle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t6:o4:1 # text = A ladle 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ladle ladle NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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