--- title: Be honest, did the sea get salty from the mill? — Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: t… · tree and pragmatics description: Be honest, did the sea get salty from the mill? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1447 «Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: the cat tricks the king and the ogre» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1447-pg503-part34/t13/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1447-pg503-part34/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: the cat tricks the ki… Be honest, did the sea get salty from the mill? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sea · **What happens:** be, do, get This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1447 «Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: the cat tricks the king and the ogre» 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/1447-pg503-part34/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t13:1 # text = Be honest, did the sea get salty from the mill? 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ _ 2 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | honest *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | present | the sea | | | | | salty *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} Nah, the mill grinds sand at the bottom of the lake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t13:o1:1 # text = Nah, the mill grinds sand at the bottom of the lake 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 mill mill NOUN NN _ 5 nsubj _ _ 5 grinds grind VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grind** | present | the mill | sand | | the bottom of the lake | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yeah, it grinds salt at the bottom and never stops grinding ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t13:o2:1 # text = Yeah, it grinds salt at the bottom and never stops grinding 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 grinds grind VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 grinding grind VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grind** | present | it | salt | | the bottom | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument salt=Patient | | 2 | **not** **stop** | present | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **grind** | gerund | | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, it grinds salt at the bottom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t13:o3:1 # text = Yeah, it grinds salt at the bottom 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 grinds grind VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grind** | present | it | salt | | the bottom | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument salt=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, the mill is at the bottom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1447-pg503-part34:t13:o4:1 # text = Nah, the mill is at the bottom 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mill mill NOUN NN _ 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the mill | | | the bottom | | | tree rules | **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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