--- title: Bet, how many petticoats was she rocking on holidays? — Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the br… · tree and pragmatics description: Bet, how many petticoats was she rocking on holidays? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1336 «Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the work and Barbaik agrees to marry Jegu» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1336-pg3454-part61/t8/) [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/) / [Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the br…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1336-pg3454-part61/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the w… Bet, how many petticoats was she rocking on holidays? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bet · **What happens:** rock · **To what, where:** holidays This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1336 «Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the work and Barbaik agrees to marry Jegu» 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/1336-pg3454-part61/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:t8:1 # text = Bet, how many petticoats was she rocking on holidays? 1 Bet bet NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 petticoats petticoat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 rocking rock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 holidays holiday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rock** | past · progressive | Bet and many petticoats | | | holidays | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on holiday=Location | 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 {#o1} five embroidered petticoats worn under her skirt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:t8:o1:1 # text = five embroidered petticoats worn under her skirt 1 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 petticoats petticoat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 skirt skirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embroider** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wear** | participle | | five embroidered petticoats *not said here* | | her skirt | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} six petticoats ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:t8:o2:1 # text = six petticoats 1 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 petticoats petticoat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} five stiff white petticoats with lace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:t8:o3:1 # text = five stiff white petticoats with lace 1 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 2 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 petticoats petticoat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 lace lace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} five petticoats ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:t8:o4:1 # text = five petticoats 1 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 petticoats petticoat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` 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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