--- title: Wait, so the widow didn't hear the cock, yeah? — Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants:… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, so the widow didn't hear the cock, yeah? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 135 «Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock and wake up even earlier» 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 wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/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/) / [Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/135-pg11339-part5/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock a… Wait, so the widow didn't hear the cock, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, widow · **What happens:** wait, not hear · **To what, where:** cock This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 135 «Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock and wake up even earlier» 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/135-pg11339-part5/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t4:1 # text = Wait, so the widow didn't hear the cock, yeah? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 12 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **hear** | past · do-support | the widow | the cock | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cock=Stimulus | 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} Nah, she woke them way later ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t4:o1:1 # text = Nah, she woke them way later 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake** | past | she | them *= they* | | | | late *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, she just stayed in bed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t4:o2:1 # text = Yeah, she just stayed in bed 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | she | | | bed | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bed=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, so she woke them way earlier ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t4:o3:1 # text = Yeah, so she woke them way earlier 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 earlier early ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake** | past | she | them *= they* | | | | way *obl* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, she heard the cock fine but got up later on the day anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t4:o4:1 # text = Nah, she heard the cock fine but got up later on the day anyway 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | she | the cock | | | | fine *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cock=Stimulus | | 2 | **get up** | past | she *not said here* | | | | day | anyway, late *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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