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title: Why did she bail on the pot-pourri jar? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdes… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did she bail on the pot-pourri jar? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 974 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep: the china lovers flee the table, and the old Chinaman is broken and riveted» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sw…

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Why did she bail on the pot-pourri jar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** bail · **To what, where:** pourri jar

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 974 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep: the china lovers flee the table, and the old Chinaman is broken and riveted» 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/974-pg27200-part185/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t6:1
# text = Why did she bail on the pot-pourri jar?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bail	bail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	pourri	pourri	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bail** | past · do-support | she |  |  | the pourri jar |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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the Chinaman and the jar used to be lovers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t6:o1:1
# text = the Chinaman and the jar used to be lovers
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Chinaman	Chinaman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	lovers	lover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the Chinaman and the jar |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the Chinaman and the jar *not said here* | lovers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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because the jar was once the Chinaman's wife and she refuses to live in his house again

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t6:o2:1
# text = because the jar was once the Chinaman's wife and she refuses to live in his house again
1	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Chinaman	Chinaman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	refuses	refuse	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	again	again	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Chinaman's wife |  |  |  | because the jar; once *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **refuse** | present | wife |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **live** | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* |  |  | his house | again |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the jar is full of old dried roses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t6:o3:1
# text = the jar is full of old dried roses
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the jar |  |  |  |  | of old dried roses; full *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the Chinaman and the jar used to be lovers before the wedding was called off

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:t6:o4:1
# text = the Chinaman and the jar used to be lovers before the wedding was called off
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Chinaman	Chinaman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	lovers	lover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	xcomp	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the Chinaman and the jar |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the Chinaman and the jar *not said here* | lovers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **call off** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | the wedding |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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