--- title: bro the cock literally told her he was dead, right — Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fou… · tree and pragmatics description: bro the cock literally told her he was dead, right Test 4 · ★ 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 the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1312-pg3454-part37/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a girl feeds… bro the cock literally told her he was dead, right **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** tell, be · **To what, where:** her · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ 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. 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1312-pg3454-part37:t4:1 # text = bro the cock literally told her he was dead, right 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ 4 literally literally ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 right right INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | literally *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | 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} yeah, it woke her up loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1312-pg3454-part37:t4:o1:1 # text = yeah, it woke her up loudly 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 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake up** | past | it | her *= she* | | | | loudly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yeah, it crowed and she understood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1312-pg3454-part37:t4:o2:1 # text = yeah, it crowed and she understood 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 crowed crow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crow** | past | it | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **understand** | past | she | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, it just sang ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1312-pg3454-part37:t4:o3:1 # text = nah, it just sang 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 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 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | it | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, the dog barked instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1312-pg3454-part37:t4:o4:1 # text = nah, the dog barked instead 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 barked bark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | past | the dog | | | | | instead *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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