--- title: To whom did the cock's message, in the tale, actually refer when it… — Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fou… · tree and pragmatics description: To whom did the cock's message, in the tale, actually refer when it described the death of the fish? Exam question 2 of lesson 1312 «Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a girl feeds a fish, he is eaten, and his bones grow into a magic tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1312-pg3454-part37/e2/) [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/) / [Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fou…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1312-pg3454-part37/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a girl feeds… To whom did the cock's message, in the tale, actually refer when it described the death of the fish? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, message, fish · **What happens:** do, refer, describe, die · **To what, where:** message, death This is exam question 2 of lesson 1312 «Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a girl feeds a fish, he is eaten, and his bones grow into a magic tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1312-pg3454-part37/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1312-pg3454-part37:e2:1 # text = To whom did the cock's message, in the tale, actually refer when it described the death of the fish? 1 To to SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 actually actually ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 refer refer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 described describe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the cock's message | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Eventuality | | 2 | **refer** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | actually *property* | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **describe** | past | message | the death of the fish | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent death=Theme | | 4 | **die** | | the fish | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Djulung, dead in the fire. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1312-pg3454-part37:e2:o1:1 # text = Djulung, dead in the fire. 1 Djulung Djulung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Djulung, whose bones lay by the fountain. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1312-pg3454-part37:e2:o2:1 # text = Djulung, whose bones lay by the fountain. 1 Djulung Djulung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | present | bones | | | | | by the fountain | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by fountain=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} The fish, under the stove. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1312-pg3454-part37:e2:o3:1 # text = The fish, under the stove. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Djulung, whose bones lay under the kitchen fire. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1312-pg3454-part37:e2:o4:1 # text = Djulung, whose bones lay under the kitchen fire. 1 Djulung Djulung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | present | bones | | | the kitchen fire | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under fire=Destination | **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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