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title: yo so the fish like actually talked to the cobbler, right? — Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the F… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo so the fish like actually talked to the cobbler, right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1262 «Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic fish gives a poor cobbler two sons who go looking for adventure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 1 · ★ · Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo so the fish like actually talked to the cobbler, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** yo · **What happens:** talk

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1262 «Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic fish gives a poor cobbler two sons who go looking for adventure» 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/1262-pg3282-part63/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:t1:1
# text = yo so the fish like actually talked to the cobbler, right?
1	yo	yo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past | yo so the fish |  |  |  |  | to the cobbler; actually *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to cobbler=Co-Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, but only after the cobbler had been fishing all day long in the cold river

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah, but only after the cobbler had been fishing all day long in the cold river
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux	_	_
10	fishing	fish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fish** | past · perfect · progressive | the cobbler |  |  | the cold river | day | long *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in river=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, the fish talked in a deep voice and then sang a song to the cobbler

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:t1:o2:1
# text = yep, the fish talked in a deep voice and then sang a song to the cobbler
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past | the fish |  |  | a deep voice |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the fish *not said here* | a song | the cobbler |  | then |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to cobbler=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, but only the head spoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:t1:o3:1
# text = yes, but only the head spoke
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the head |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, in a small squeaky voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1262-pg3282-part63:t1:o4:1
# text = yep, in a small squeaky voice
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	squeaky	squeaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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