--- title: Fr, what did the dad say the mirror was? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Ma… · tree and pragmatics description: Fr, what did the dad say the mirror was? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1360 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 20: the father leaves, returns with gifts, and the mother falls ill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1360-pg4018-part20/t11/) [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/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Ma…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1360-pg4018-part20/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 20: th… Fr, what did the dad say the mirror was? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, mirror · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** Fr · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1360 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 20: the father leaves, returns with gifts, and the mother falls ill» 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/1360-pg4018-part20/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1360-pg4018-part20:t11:1 # text = Fr, what did the dad say the mirror was? 1 Fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the dad | Fr | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | the mirror | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} A royal mirror of gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1360-pg4018-part20:t11:o1:1 # text = A royal mirror of gold 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A gift ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1360-pg4018-part20:t11:o2:1 # text = A gift 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A treasure of the Emperor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1360-pg4018-part20:t11:o3:1 # text = A treasure of the Emperor 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **treasure** | | | the Emperor | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} A treasure of the temple ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1360-pg4018-part20:t11:o4:1 # text = A treasure of the temple 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **treasure** | | | the temple | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient | **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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