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title: so the elder mother is in the teapot forever, that's wild — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's F… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the elder mother is in the teapot forever, that's wild Test 11 · ★ of lesson 873 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…

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so the elder mother is in the teapot forever, that's wild

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** elder mother, that · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** teapot

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 873 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball» 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/873-pg27200-part84/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t11:1
# text = so the elder mother is in the teapot forever, that's wild
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	teapot	teapot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the elder mother |  |  | the teapot |  | forever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | wild *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah the mum says she may stay in there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t11:o1:1
# text = yeah the mum says she may stay in there
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stay** | may | mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in there=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah the mum says the elder mother is in the teapot only for the summer and then she goes back to the tree

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t11:o2:1
# text = nah the mum says the elder mother is in the teapot only for the summer and then she goes back to the tree
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	teapot	teapot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
20	back	back	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the elder mother |  |  | the teapot | summer |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go back** | present | mum |  |  |  | then | to the tree *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to tree=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah the mum says she is in the kettle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t11:o3:1
# text = yeah the mum says she is in the kettle
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | mum |  |  | the kettle |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah the mum says she may stay in there but she might come out again when the tea is poured tomorrow

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t11:o4:1
# text = yeah the mum says she may stay in there but she might come out again when the tea is poured tomorrow
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	obl	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
14	out	out	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
16	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	20	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	_
21	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stay** | may | mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in there=Location |
| 3 | **come out** | might | mum |  |  |  | again | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **pour** | present · passive |  | the tea |  |  | tomorrow |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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