--- title: Was that thread knotty or what, mate? — Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: th… · tree and pragmatics description: Was that thread knotty or what, mate? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1291 «Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is found, then Puck starts his pranks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1291-pg3454-part16/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/) / [Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1291-pg3454-part16/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is fo… Was that thread knotty or what, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1291 «Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is found, then Puck starts his pranks» 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/1291-pg3454-part16/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:t12:1 # text = Was that thread knotty or what, mate? 1 Was was SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 knotty knotty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, it never tied itself in knots ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:t12:o1:1 # text = No, it never tied itself in knots 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 knots knot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tie** | past | it | itself *= it* | | knots | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, it stayed neat and straight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:t12:o2:1 # text = No, it stayed neat and straight 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 neat neat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | it | | | | | neat *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, not really ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:t12:o3:1 # text = No, not really 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, it tangled up badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:t12:o4:1 # text = Yeah, it tangled up badly 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tangled tangle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tangle up** | past | it | | | | | badly *property* | tree rules | **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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