--- title: did the mum know what the flute was singing about? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers… · tree and pragmatics description: did the mum know what the flute was singing about? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1117 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the golden apples, and a flute tells the truth about a murder» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1117-pg29672-part23/t12/) [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 Three Brothers…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1117-pg29672-part23/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the gol… did the mum know what the flute was singing about? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum, flute · **What happens:** know, sing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1117 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the golden apples, and a flute tells the truth about a murder» 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/1117-pg29672-part23/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t12:1 # text = did the mum know what the flute was singing about? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 10 about about ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past · do-support | the mum | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | the flute | | | | | about *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=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 {#o1} she heard the whole thing and told the father right away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t12:o1:1 # text = she heard the whole thing and told the father right away 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 iobj _ _ 10 right right ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | she | the whole thing | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she *not said here* | | the father | | | away *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} she heard the whole thing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t12:o2:1 # text = she heard the whole thing 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | she | the whole thing | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} she heard the whole thing from the kitchen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t12:o3:1 # text = she heard the whole thing from the kitchen 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | she | the whole thing | | the kitchen | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent thing=Topic from kitchen=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} she only heard a song ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t12:o4:1 # text = she only heard a song 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | she | a song | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus | **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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