--- title: and when the pot smashed, what was in the bits? — Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfi… · tree and pragmatics description: and when the pot smashed, what was in the bits? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/822-pg27200-part33/t5/) [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, The Flower Vase and The Elfi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/822-pg27200-part33/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the… and when the pot smashed, what was in the bits? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pot · **What happens:** smash, be · **To what, where:** bits This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» 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/822-pg27200-part33/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t5:1 # text = and when the pot smashed, what was in the bits? 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 smashed smash VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smash** | past | the pot | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | the bits | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A whitened skull, proper creepy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t5:o1:1 # text = A whitened skull, proper creepy 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 whitened whiten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 skull skull NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 creepy creepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whiten** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} A dead beetle, proper gross, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t5:o2:1 # text = A dead beetle, proper gross, innit 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 beetle beetle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 gross gross NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Bones, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t5:o3:1 # text = Bones, mate 1 Bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A rotten root, bruv, mostly dirt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:t5:o4:1 # text = A rotten root, bruv, mostly dirt 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rotten rotten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 dirt dirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` 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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