--- title: What did the mum do to make it go green? — Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the mum do to make it go green? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 975 «Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is called false and passed from hand to hand» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/975-pg27200-part186/t9/) [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 Tales, The Shilling, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/975-pg27200-part186/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is ca… What did the mum do to make it go green? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** do, make, go · **To what, where:** it This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 975 «Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is called false and passed from hand to hand» 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/975-pg27200-part186/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t9:1 # text = What did the mum do to make it go green? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 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 | **do** | present | the mum | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | the mum *not said here* | it | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | green *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 it in water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t9:o1:1 # text = soaked it in water 1 soaked soak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **soak** | participle | | it | | | | in water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination in water=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} dipped it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t9:o2:1 # text = dipped it 1 dipped dip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dip** | past | | it | | | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} stuck it in vinegar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t9:o3:1 # text = stuck it in vinegar 1 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 vinegar vinegar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | past | | it | | vinegar | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in vinegar=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} used paint ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t9:o4:1 # text = used paint 1 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | participle | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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