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title: yo so the little sis actually chopped off her own pinky to get into… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo so the little sis actually chopped off her own pinky to get into the castle, like how is that even real Test 1 · ★ of lesson 779 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister frees her ravens, Mrs Fox tests her suitors, and a huntsman gets a magic cloak» of the books course of Mova's
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister…

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yo so the little sis actually chopped off her own pinky to get into the castle, like how is that even real

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** yo · **What happens:** chop off, get, be · **To what, where:** own pinky, castle

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 779 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister frees her ravens, Mrs Fox tests her suitors, and a huntsman gets a magic cloak» 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/779-pg2591-part55/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t1:1
# text = yo so the little sis actually chopped off her own pinky to get into the castle, like how is that even real
1	yo	yo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sis	sis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	pinky	pinky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
20	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	even	even	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop off** | past | yo so the little sis | yo's own pinky |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pinky=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | yo so the little sis *not said here* |  |  | the castle |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into castle=Destination |
| 3 | **be** | present | yo so the little sis *not said here* |  |  |  |  | real *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 -->
she made a secret key out of bone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t1:o1:1
# text = she made a secret key out of bone
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | she | a secret key |  | bone |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she sliced it to open doors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t1:o2:1
# text = she sliced it to open doors
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sliced	slice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slice** | past | she | it |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **open** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | doors |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she used her finger as the key

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t1:o3:1
# text = she used her finger as the key
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | she | her finger |  |  |  | as the key | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent finger=Duration as key=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
with her finger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t1:o4:1
# text = with her finger
1	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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