--- title: Real talk, what did the flax have to go through before linen? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Real talk, what did the flax have to go through before linen? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 827 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the fir-tree burns, and the flax becomes linen and then paper» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/827-pg27200-part38/t10/) [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 Flax: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/827-pg27200-part38/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the fir-tree burns, and… Real talk, what did the flax have to go through before linen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Real talk · **What happens:** do, have, go through · **To what, where:** flax, linen This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 827 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the fir-tree burns, and the flax becomes linen and then paper» 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/827-pg27200-part38/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t10:1 # text = Real talk, what did the flax have to go through before linen? 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 through through ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Real talk | the flax | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flax=Eventuality | | 2 | **have** | present | Real talk | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go through** | to-infinitive | Real talk *not said here* | | | linen | | through *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before linen=Location | 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} soaked, dried, beaten, sorted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t10:o1:1 # text = soaked, dried, beaten, sorted 1 soaked soak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 sorted sort VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **soak** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **dry** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **beat** | participle | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sort** | participle | | | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} steeped, roasted, broken, combed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t10:o2:1 # text = steeped, roasted, broken, combed 1 steeped steep AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 roasted roast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 combed comb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roast** | past | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **comb** | participle | | | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} steeped and combed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t10:o3:1 # text = steeped and combed 1 steeped steep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 combed comb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steep** | past | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **comb** | past | | | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} steeped, roasted, broken, combed, and then spun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t10:o4:1 # text = steeped, roasted, broken, combed, and then spun 1 steeped steep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 roasted roast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 combed comb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 spun spin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steep** | past | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **roast** | participle | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **comb** | participle | | | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **spin** | participle | | | | | then | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | **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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