--- title: ok, what did the needle think she was good for? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning Ne… · tree and pragmatics description: ok, what did the needle think she was good for? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 812 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning Needle, part 1: a proud needle is lost in a gutter» 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 wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/812-pg27200-part23/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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning Ne…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/812-pg27200-part23/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning Needle, part 1: a prou… ok, what did the needle think she was good for? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** needle · **What happens:** do, think, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 812 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning Needle, part 1: a proud needle is lost in a gutter» 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/812-pg27200-part23/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:812-pg27200-part23:t6:1 # text = ok, what did the needle think she was good for? 1 ok ok INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the needle | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | needle | | | | | 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 {#o1} fine sewing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:812-pg27200-part23:t6:o1:1 # text = fine sewing 1 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sewing sewing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} sewing the best silk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:812-pg27200-part23:t6:o2:1 # text = sewing the best silk 1 sewing sew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sew** | gerund | | the best silk | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silk=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} fancy embroidery work on the lady's silk gown ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:812-pg27200-part23:t6:o3:1 # text = fancy embroidery work on the lady's silk gown 1 fancy fancy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 embroidery embroidery NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 gown gown NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} fancy embroidery work ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:812-pg27200-part23:t6:o4:1 # text = fancy embroidery work 1 fancy fancy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 embroidery embroidery NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 work work 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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