--- title: did the oxen make any noise when he whacked 'em? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother a… · tree and pragmatics description: did the oxen make any noise when he whacked 'em? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1101 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother: the henchmen in the drum settle the quarrel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1101-pg29672-part7/t3/) [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/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1101-pg29672-part7/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother:… did the oxen make any noise when he whacked 'em? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** oxen, he · **What happens:** make, whack · **To what, where:** noise, 'em This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1101 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother: the henchmen in the drum settle the quarrel» 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/1101-pg29672-part7/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:t3:1 # text = did the oxen make any noise when he whacked 'em? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 whacked whack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 'em they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | the oxen | any noise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 2 | **whack** | past | he | 'em *= they* | | | | | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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} yep, a few moos, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:t3:o1:1 # text = yep, a few moos, bro 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 moos moo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, loads ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:t3:o2:1 # text = yeah, loads 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, one loud moo ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:t3:o3:1 # text = nah, one loud moo 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 moo moo NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} nope, not one grunt, zero ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:t3:o4:1 # text = nope, not one grunt, zero 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 grunt grunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 zero zero NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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