--- title: That husband was dead dim, wasn't he? Which blunder? — Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foo… · tree and pragmatics description: That husband was dead dim, wasn't he? Which blunder? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1247 «Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: the cat wins back his ball, a prince is freed, and two wives test their husbands» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1247-pg3282-part48/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/) / [Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1247-pg3282-part48/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: t… That husband was dead dim, wasn't he? Which blunder? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** husband · **What happens:** be This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1247 «Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: the cat wins back his ball, a prince is freed, and two wives test their husbands» 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/1247-pg3282-part48/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* That husband was dead dim, wasn't he? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t9:1 # text = That husband was dead dim, wasn't he? 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | that husband | | | | | dim *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | husband | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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. *Sentence 2:* Which blunder? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t9:2 # text = Which blunder? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 blunder blunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Frock on upside down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t9:o1:1 # text = Frock on upside down 1 Frock frock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 upside upside NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He put the baby's frock on upside down entirely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t9:o2:1 # text = He put the baby's frock on upside down entirely 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 put put 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 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 frock frock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 upside upside NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 10 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | He | the baby's frock | | upside | | down, entirely *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent frock=Theme on upside=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Frock on inside out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t9:o3:1 # text = Frock on inside out 1 Frock frock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 inside inside ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Bonnet on backwards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1247-pg3282-part48:t9:o4:1 # text = Bonnet on backwards 1 Bonnet bonnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 1 nmod _ _ ``` 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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