--- title: Who told the hunter to ask for the mirror, bruv? — Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror,… · tree and pragmatics description: Who told the hunter to ask for the mirror, bruv? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1137-pg3027-part3/t8/) [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/) / [Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1137-pg3027-part3/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa… Who told the hunter to ask for the mirror, bruv? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hunter · **What happens:** tell, ask · **To what, where:** hunter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» 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/1137-pg3027-part3/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t8:1 # text = Who told the hunter to ask for the mirror, bruv? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell 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 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | the hunter | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent hunter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the hunter *not said here* | | | | | for the mirror and bruv | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} the wise old wasp, Zengi-mizi, who lived in the rush basket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t8:o1:1 # text = the wise old wasp, Zengi-mizi, who lived in the rush basket 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 wasp wasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Zengi Zengi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 mizi mizi X FW Foreign=Yes 6 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 rush rush NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the wise old wasp | | | the rush basket | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in basket=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} the python king himself, Insato, who said the mirror was his ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t8:o2:1 # text = the python king himself, Insato, who said the mirror was his 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Insato Insato PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the python king king | the mirror | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mirror=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | past | the mirror *not said here* | Insato | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the wasp, Zengi-mizi ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t8:o3:1 # text = the wasp, Zengi-mizi 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wasp wasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 Zengi Zengi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 mizi mizi NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the python, Insato ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t8:o4:1 # text = the python, Insato 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Insato Insato PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ ``` 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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