--- title: Why didn't the cake lady just say something, bruh? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics description: Why didn't the cake lady just say something, bruh? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1014 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling: the duckling flies to the swans, sees his own beauty, and is welcomed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1014-pg27200-part225/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 Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1014-pg27200-part225/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling: the duckling fl… Why didn't the cake lady just say something, bruh? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cake lady · **What happens:** not say · **To what, where:** something · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1014 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling: the duckling flies to the swans, sees his own beauty, and is welcomed» 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/1014-pg27200-part225/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1014-pg27200-part225:t9:1 # text = Why didn't the cake lady just say something, bruh? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 11 bruh bruh INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the cake lady | something | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic | 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} She wanted him to speak to the baker first ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1014-pg27200-part225:t9:o1:1 # text = She wanted him to speak to the baker first 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 baker baker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | She | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | to the baker; first *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to baker=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} She thought he should say hello first ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1014-pg27200-part225:t9:o2:1 # text = She thought he should say hello first 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 hello hello INTJ UH _ 5 obj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | She | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | he | | | | | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} She was too shy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1014-pg27200-part225:t9:o3:1 # text = She was too shy 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | shy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She thought the man should be the one to speak first ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1014-pg27200-part225:t9:o4:1 # text = She thought the man should be the one to speak first 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think 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 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | She | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | should | the man | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | vn talk-37.5 «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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